White Mughals
by William Dalrymple
Taste attributes: biographydocumentaryhistoricalromanceheavyrealisticintricatelinearbig & variedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshipsocial commentarylove conquers all
Boxlist takeA grounded, stirring biography: weighty and sweeping. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score
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About This Book
"James Achilles Kirkpatrick was the British Resident at the court of the Nizam of Hyderabad when in 1798 he glimpsed Khair un-Nissa - "Most Excellent among Women" - the great-niece of the Nizam's prime minister and a direct descendant of the Prophet. Kirkpatrick had gone to India as an ambitious soldier in the army of the East India Company, eager to make his name in the conquest and subjection of the subcontinent.
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- Author
- William Dalrymple
- Published
- 2002
- Pages
- 512
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