{"product_id":"9780142004128","title":"White Mughals Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century India - Dalrymple, William","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003eWhite Mughals Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century India\u003c\/u\u003e by Dalrymple, William\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished by Penguin, 2004\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA romantic and ultimately tragic tale of a passionate love affair that crossed and transcended all the cultural, religious and political boundaries of its time\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\n\nJames Achilles Kirkpatrick was the British Resident at the court of the Nizam of Hyderabad when in 1798 he glimpsed Kahir un-Nissa—who's name translates to 'Most excellent among Women'—the great-niece of the Nizam's Prime Minister and a descendant of the Prophet. Kirkpatrick had gone out 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. Instead, he unexpectedly finds love.\n\n\n\nIn White Mughals, William Dalrymple discovers a world almost entirely unexplored by history, and places at its centre a compelling tale of love, seduction and betrayal. It possesses all the sweep and resonance of a great nineteenth-century novel, set against a background of shifting alliances and the manoeuvring of the great powers, the mercantile ambitions of the British and the imperial dreams of Napoleon. White Mughals, the product of five years' writing and research, triumphantly confirms Dalrymple's reputation as one of the finest writers at work today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eProduct image is for illustration purposes only and may not be an exact representation of the product offered for sale.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin, 2004","offers":[{"title":"White Mughals Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century India \/ Very Good","offer_id":55759297577252,"sku":"9780142004128VG","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/9951\/4148\/files\/public_72dd2feb-69d6-44a5-9983-5288ba6307c2.jpg?v=1784394486","url":"https:\/\/brookingsbooks.com\/products\/9780142004128","provider":"Brookings Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}