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The last Mughal : the fall of a dynasty : Delhi, 1857 / William Dalrymple.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dalrymple, William
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- India--History--Sepoy Rebellion, 1857-1858.
- India.
- History.
- Mughal Empire--History--19th century.
- Mughal Empire.
- Delhi (India)--History--19th century.
- Delhi (India).
- Muhammad Bahadur Shah II, King of Delhi, 1775-1862.
- Muhammad Bahadur Shah.
- Physical Description:
- xxiii, 534 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First U.S. edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.
- Summary:
- Award-winning historian and travel writer Dalrymple is the first to present an Indian perspective on the fall of Delhi--and has as its heart both the dazzling capital personified by Zafar and the stories of the individuals tragically caught up in one of the bloodiest upheavals in history.
- Contents:
- Dramatis Personae xi
- 1 A Chessboard King 29
- 2 Believers and Infidels 57
- 3 An Uneasy Equilibrium 81
- 4 The Near Approach of the Storm 107
- 5 The Sword of the Lord of Fury 134
- 6 This Day of Ruin and Riot 180
- 7 A Precarious Position 213
- 8 Blood for Blood 238
- 9 The Turn of the Tide 282
- 10 To Shoot Every Soul 320
- 11 The City of the Dead 363
- 12 The Last of the Great Mughals 412.
- Notes:
- "Originally published in slightly different form in Great Britain by Bloomsbury Publishing, London, in 2006"--T.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [503]-512) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1400043107
- 9781400043101
- OCLC:
- 71427415
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