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Finland 2001. Cordia AB. 8:o. Kartonage med skyddsomslag. 498 sid + (5). ISBN: 91-7085-229-4.

At 4 p.m. on a hazy November afternoon in Rangoon, 1862, a shrouded corpse was escorted by a small group of British soldiers to an anonymous grave in a prison enclosure. As the British Commissioner in charge insisted, ‘No vestige should remain to distingu 1st ed. 608p., 16 Colour and 8 Black & White Illustrations; Maps; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

James Achilles Kirkpatrick landed on the shores of eighteenth-century India as an ambitious soldier of the East India Company. Although eager to make his name in the subjection of a nation, it was he who was conquered—not by an army but by a Muslim Indian Reprint 624p.

An entertaining mix of history and diary informed by a deep curiosity about the ways in which he ghosts of even the most distant past still walk Delhi in the twentieth century. The city of djinns is Delhi and Dalrymple reveals is like a Dance of the Seven Reprint 360p.

This collection of nineteen essays is a panorama of the Indian subcontinent, poised between chaos, westernization and immemorial tradition. A fine collection of writing, immaculately researched and, of course, wickedly funny. The book's title is a referen Reprint 408p.

Reprint 504p., 12 Black & White and 4 Colour Photographs.

Condition: Good. :: Further Information: No synopsis available. 640pp. Weighs 0.600 Kg. which exceeds standard rates. ::

Condition: Very Good. :: Further Information: Set in and around Hyderabad at the beginning of the nineteenth century, White Mughals tells the story of the improbably romantic love affair and marriage between James Achilles Kirkpatrick, a rising star in the East India Company, and Khair-un-Nisa, a Hyderabadi princess. Pursuing Kirkpatrick's passionate affair through the archives across the continents, Dalrymple unveils a fascinating story of intrigue and love that breaches the conventional boundaries of empire. As Kirkpatrick gradually goes native (adopting local clothes and enduring circumcision) he becomes a secret agent working for his wife's royal family against the English, as he tries to balance the interests of both cultures. However, White Mughals is by no means just an exotic love story. Size: B Format (129 x 198mm). 640pp. ::