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- Author: William Dalrymple, Anita Anand
- Publisher: Bloomsbury UK
- Year: 2018
- Pages: 352
- ISBN-10: 1408888823
- ISBN-13: 9781408888827
- Format: 12.9 x 19.8 x 2.5 cm, minkšti viršeliai
- Language: English
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Lahore, 29 March 1849. In a formal Act of Submission, the 10-year-old Maharajah of the Punjab hands over to the British East Company not only swathes of the richest land in India but the celebrated Koh-i Noor diamond.
The history of the Koh-i-Noor then commissioned by the British was woven from gossip of Delhi bazaars, yet it became the accepted version. Only now is it finally challenged. The result is a revelatory exploration of south and central Asian history, taking in murder, torture, colonialism and appropriation. Masterly, powerful and erudite, this is history at its most compelling and invigorating.
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- Author: William Dalrymple, Anita Anand
- Publisher: Bloomsbury UK
- Year: 2018
- Pages: 352
- ISBN-10: 1408888823
- ISBN-13: 9781408888827
- Format: 12.9 x 19.8 x 2.5 cm, minkšti viršeliai
- Language: English English
Lahore, 29 March 1849. In a formal Act of Submission, the 10-year-old Maharajah of the Punjab hands over to the British East Company not only swathes of the richest land in India but the celebrated Koh-i Noor diamond.
The history of the Koh-i-Noor then commissioned by the British was woven from gossip of Delhi bazaars, yet it became the accepted version. Only now is it finally challenged. The result is a revelatory exploration of south and central Asian history, taking in murder, torture, colonialism and appropriation. Masterly, powerful and erudite, this is history at its most compelling and invigorating.
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