Return of a King

Book Name in English : Return of a King

Praise for the last mughalWinner of the Vodafone Crossword Award and the Duff Cooper Prize.William Dalrymple's captivating book is not only great reading, it contributes very substantially to our understanding of the remarkable history of the Mughal empire.-AmartyasenThe Last Mughal shows the way history should be written... (It) rouses deep emotions. It will bring tears to the eyes of every Dilliwala' -Khushwant Sing, Outlook The Last Mughal is the most definitive account of the events centered on Bahadur Shah Zafar and the great mutiny in and around Delhi. Based on an immense amount of empirical research, often unearthing archival material hitherto untouched by historians, Dalrymple achieved an admirable balance between fairness and moving empathy with the subjects of this book.Harbans Mukhia, Emeritus Professor of History, JNUPRAISE FOR WHITE MUGHALSWinner of the Wolfson Prize for HistoryWilliam Dalrymple is that rarity, a scholar of history who can really write. This is a brilliant and Compulsively readable book'-Salman RushdieDalrymple researches like a historian, thinks like an anthropologist and writes like a novelist'-Maya Jasanoff, New York TimesMoving, wide- ranging and richly textured... Dalrymple has evoked the world of the British in late eighteenth- century India as noone has before... A wonderful book'Francis Robinson, Times Literary Supplement special price 699/-