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Begums, Thugs and White Mughals

By Fanny Parkes

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Begums, Thugs and White Mughals

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Fanny Parkes, who lived in India between 1822 and 1846, was the ideal travel writer - courageous, indefatigably curious and determinedly independent. Her delightful journal traces her journey from prim memsahib, married to a minor civil servant of the Raj, to eccentric, sitar-playing Indophile, fluent in Urdu, critical of British rule and passionate in her appreciation of Indian culture. Fanny is fascinated by everything, from the trial of the thugs and the efficacy of opium on headaches to the adorning of a Hindu bride. To read her is to get as close as one can to a true picture of early colonial India - the sacred and the profane, the violent and the beautiful, the straight-laced sahibs and the more eccentric "White Mughals" who fell in love with India and did their best, like Fanny, to build bridges across cultures.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
400
Release Date:
2003-01-01
Publication Date:
2002-11-29
Publisher:
Eland Publishing Ltd
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0907871887
ISBN13:
9780907871880
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
449 g
Height:
140 cm
Width:
220 cm
Thickness:
29 cm
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