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White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century India
by William Dalrymple
Hyderabad is a City I’ve grown to love, and I picked up the book because I was curious to know more about her history. And I was not disappointed.
The book purports to be an account of the love story of the British Resident and a Muslim Noblewoman, but it is so much more than just that. It is the story of the changing dynamics between the British and the Princely States, of the life of people in that period, of the customs of the Hyderabadies (some of which survive to this day) and of the fate of Anglo Indians who escaped and those who didn’t.
Meticulously researched, but not boring, the characters spring to life fromu the pages of the book. You almost feel like a person looking down, watching the events unfurl. And places you know, come alive in similar but different form.
A book I would recommend to anyone who likes the history which is told through stories. It’s not a book for the impatient, but it’s also a book that’s almost unputdownable.
The book purports to be an account of the love story of the British Resident and a Muslim Noblewoman, but it is so much more than just that. It is the story of the changing dynamics between the British and the Princely States, of the life of people in that period, of the customs of the Hyderabadies (some of which survive to this day) and of the fate of Anglo Indians who escaped and those who didn’t.
Meticulously researched, but not boring, the characters spring to life fromu the pages of the book. You almost feel like a person looking down, watching the events unfurl. And places you know, come alive in similar but different form.
A book I would recommend to anyone who likes the history which is told through stories. It’s not a book for the impatient, but it’s also a book that’s almost unputdownable.