White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in 18th-Century India by William Dalrymple (Eng

Description: White Mughals by William Dalrymple From the author of the Samuel Johnson prize-shortlisted Return of a King, the romantic and ultimately tragic tale of a passionate love affair that transcended all the cultural, religious and political boundaries of its time. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description White Mughals is the romantic and ultimately tragic tale of a passionate love affair that transcended all the cultural, religious and political boundaries of its time. James Achilles Kirkpatrick was the British Resident at the court of Hyderabad when he met Khair un-Nissa – Most Excellent among Women – the great-niece of the Prime Minister of Hyderabad. He fell in love with her and overcame many obstacles to marry her, converting to Islam and, according to Indian sources, becoming a double-agent working against the East India Company.It is a remarkable story, but such things were not unknown: from the early sixteenth century to the eve of the Indian Mutiny, the white Mughals who wore local dress and adopted Indian ways were a source of embarrassment to successive colonial administrations. Dalrymple unearths such colourful figures as Hindoo Stuart, who travelled with his own team of Brahmins to maintain his temple of idols, and Sir David Auchterlony, who took all 13 of his Indian wives out for evening promenades, each on the back of her own elephant.In White Mughals, William Dalrymple discovers a world almost entirely unexplored by history, and places at its centre a compelling tale of seduction and betrayal. Notes Quirky piece of history writing from an award-winning travel writer. From the author of In Xanadu and From The Holy Mountain. Looks at the expatriates who embarrassed the colonial administrators by adopting Indian ways and modes of dress. "Dalrymples India is as vivid as Naipauls" The Times. Author Biography William Dalrymple was born in Scotland and brought up on the shores of the Firth of Forth. He wrote the highly acclaimed bestseller In Xanadu when he was twenty-two. The book won the 1990 Yorkshire Post Best First Work Award and a Scottish Arts Council Spring Book Award; it was also shortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize. In 1989 Dalrymple moved to Delhi where he lived for six years researching his second book, City of Djinns, which won the 1994 Thomas Cook Travel Book Award and the Sunday Times Young British Writer of the Year Award. From the Holy Mountain, his acclaimed study of the demise of Christianity in its Middle Eastern homeland, was awarded the Scottish Arts Council Autumn Book Award for 1997; it was also shortlisted for the 1998 Thomas Cook Award, the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and the Duff Cooper Prize. A collection of his writings about India, The Age of Kali, was published in 1998.William Dalrymple is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and of the Royal Asiatic Society, and in 2002 was awarded the Mungo Park Medal by the Royal Scottish Geographical Society for his outstanding contribution to travel literature. He wrote and presented the television series Stones of the Raj and Indian Journeys, which won the Grierson Award for Best Documentary Series at BAFTA in 2002. He is married to the artist Olivia Fraser, and they have three children. They now divide their time between London and Delhi. Review My favourite English book of the year, [an] irresistible masterpiece Philip Mansel, Spectator Books of the Year A remarkable achievement: illuminating, thought-provoking, moving -- and entertaining Tablet A bravura display of scholarship, writing and insight. Dalrymple manages the incredible feat of outpointing most historians and most novelists in one go. This is quite simply a stunning achievement Independent on Sunday Gorgeous, spellbinding and important, [a] tapestry of magnificent set-pieces Miranda Seymour, Sunday Times Enthralling...brilliant, as exhaustively researched as it is brilliantly written Mail on Sunday Kirkus UK Review William Dalrymple is one of Britains greatest travel writers; his descriptions of his journeys in Central Asia, India and the Middle East are unsurpassed for their grasp of telling details and sensitivity to place and history. Now, in his first work of straight history, he has brought back to life the remarkable story of the English Resident in Hyderabad in the late 18th century who fell in love with, and married, a high-born Muslim girl, and held fast to her despite the condemnation of the ruling East India Company. But, interesting though the story of James Achilles Kirkpatrick and Khair un-Nissa is, the core of the book is the wider subject of Anglo-Indian relationships at the time. Dalrymple demonstrates how early contact between East and West was informal and open-minded - there are numerous portraits of 18th-century Englishmen dressed in Mughal garb, and Western scholars were enthralled by the subcontinents rich literary and religious traditions. But as the East India Company tightened its hold and turned its energies to subduing and ruling rather than trading, the divisions between English and Indian deepened, and senior Company officials began to dismiss native beliefs as foolish superstition and disapprove of inter-racial mixing. Dalrymple poignantly quotes contemporary letters by Englishmen with children by Indian women in which they agonize over whether their sons and daughters skin is light enough for them to achieve a reasonable position in Anglo-Indian society, or whether they should be sent back to England - which, ironically, was less prejudiced. This book suffers from the usual faults of a first work of history. Dalrymple is determined to include as much of his prodigious research as possible, and the result is a profusion of fascinating but irrelevant snippets of information that at times seriously distract from the main narrative. The range of characters is enormous, and its easy for the reader not as comfortable in the period as Dalrymple to forget that Abdul Lateef and Shushtari are the same person, or why exactly Khair un-Nissas female relations were so much keener on her liaison with Kirkpatrick than her male relations. But these are only minor points. This is a fascinating book that sheds a fresh light on a period that tends to get forgotten in comparison with the stereotypical picture of the Raj, and demonstrates how easy it is for what may seem to be polar opposites (East/West, Muslim/Christian, ruler/subject) to merge into new and flexible identities. More than anything, this is a plea for the racial, religious and cultural tolerance that is needed as much now as it ever has been. (Kirkus UK) Prizes Winner of Scottish Arts Council Book of the Year Award 2003 Short-listed for PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize for History 2003 Long Description From the author of the Samuel Johnson prize-shortlisted Return of a King, the romantic and ultimately tragic tale of a passionate love affair that transcended all the cultural, religious and political boundaries of its time. James Achilles Kirkpatrick was the British Resident at the court of Hyderabad when he met Khair un-Nissa - Most Excellent among Women - the great-niece of the Prime Minister of Hyderabad. He fell in love with her and overcame many obstacles to marry her, converting to Islam and, according to Indian sources, becoming a double-agent working against the East India Company. It is a remarkable story, but such things were not unknown: from the early sixteenth century to the eve of the Indian Mutiny, the white Mughals who wore local dress and adopted Indian ways were a source of embarrassment to successive colonial administrations. Dalrymple unearths such colourful figures as Hindoo Stuart, who travelled with his own team of Brahmins to maintain his temple of idols, and Sir David Auchterlony, who took all 13 of his Indian wives out for evening promenades, each on the back of her own elephant. In White Mughals, William Dalrymple discovers a world almost entirely unexplored by history, and places at its centre a compelling tale of seduction and betrayal. Review Quote William Dalrymple is that rarity, a scholar of history who can really write. This is a brilliant and compulsively readable book Salman Rushdie Destined to become an instant classic Amanda Foreman A bravura display of scholarship, writing and insight. Dalrymple manages the incredible feat of outpointing most historians and most novelists in one go. This is quite simply a stunning achievement Independent on Sunday Gorgeous, spellbinding and important, [a] tapestry of magnificent set-pieces Miranda Seymour, Sunday Times Enthralling … brilliant, as exhaustively researched as it is brilliantly written Mail on Sunday Feature 24 b/w, 24 col illus * Dalrymple is universally acclaimed as among the finest writers of his generation. His first book, In Xanadu, was instantly recognised as a classic, and has sold over 95,000 copies in paperback (during 2002 it sold 600 copies a month). It was described by Scotland on Sunday as one of the best travel books produced in the last twenty years. * His second book, City of Djinns, (net pbk sale: 102,000; 2002 monthly sale: 780) was described by George Mackay Brown as the best travel book I have ever read. * Of his third book, From the Holy Mountain (net pbk sale: 98,000; 2002 monthly sale: 1700), Eric Newby said: everything a really good travel book should be: witty, learned and also very funny . Competition: Mark Tully, V.S. Naipaul, Patrick French, Linda Colley Description for Sales People White Mughals is the romantic and ultimately tragic tale of a passionate love affair that transcended all the cultural, religious and political boundaries of its time. James Achilles Kirkpatrick was the British Resident at the court of Hyderabad when he met Khair un-Nissa - Most Excellent among Women - the great-niece of the Prime Minister of Hyderabad. He fell in love with her and overcame many obstacles to marry her, converting to Islam and, according to Indian sources, becoming a double-agent working against the East India Company. It is a remarkable story, but such things were not unknown: from the early sixteenth century to the eve of the Indian Mutiny, the white Mughals who wore local dress and adopted Indian ways were a source of embarrassment to successive colonial administrations. Dalrymple unearths such colourful figures as Hindoo Stuart, who travelled with his own team of Brahmins to maintain his temple of idols, and Sir David Auchterlony, who took all 13 of his Indian wives out for evening promenades, each on the back of her own elephant. In White Mughals, William Dalrymple discovers a world almost entirely unexplored by history, and places at its centre a compelling tale of seduction and betrayal. * Dalrymple is universally acclaimed as among the finest writers of his generation. His first book, In Xanadu, was instantly recognised as a classic, and has sold over 95,000 copies in paperback (during 2002 it sold 600 copies a month). It was described by Scotland on Sunday as one of the best travel books produced in the last twenty years. * His second book, City of Djinns, (net pbk sale: 102,000; 2002 monthly sale: 780) was described by George Mackay Brown as the best travel book I have ever read. * Of his third book, From the Holy Mountain (net pbk sale: 98,000; 2002 monthly sale: 1700), Eric Newby said: everything a really good travel book should be: witty, learned and also very funny . Competition: Mark Tully, V.S. Naipaul, Patrick French, Linda Colley Details ISBN0006550967 Author William Dalrymple Pages 640 Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Year 2003 ISBN-10 0006550967 ISBN-13 9780006550969 Format Paperback Publication Date 2003-04-07 Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 954.029 Media Book Subtitle Love and Betrayal in 18th-Century India Short Title WHITE MUGHALS Language English Residence London, ENK UK Release Date 2003-04-07 Illustrations 24 b/w, 24 col illus Illustrator Thomas Merton Translator Grace Perigo Birth 1947 Affiliation Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Private Practice, San Diego Position Translator Qualifications Ph.D. Alternative 9780007440962 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education AU Release Date 2003-04-29 NZ Release Date 2003-05-01 Imprint HarperPerennial We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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