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The Anarchy
THE TOP 5 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2019 THE TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR FINALIST FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2020 LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE …
Koh-i-Noor
‘Riveting. This highly readable and entertaining book ... finally sets the record straight on the history of the Koh-i-Noor’ Tarquin Hall, Sunday Times ‘Dynamic, original and …
The Anarchy
ONE OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEARNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY The Wall Street Journal and NPR The epic story of how the East India Company took over …
Return of a King
SHORTLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE 2013 'As taut and richly embroidered as a great novel . . . a masterpiece' Sunday Telegraph 'Dazzling' Sunday Times | 'Magnificent' …
The Last Mughal
On a dark evening in November 1862, a cheap coffin is buried in eerie silence. There are no lamentations or panegyrics, for the British Commissioner in charge has insisted, 'No …
The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty: Delhi, 1857
In this evocative study of the fall of the Mughal Empire and the beginning of the Raj, award-winning historian William Dalrymple uses previously undiscovered sources to investigate …
From the Holy Mountain
The third book from the most gifted young travel writer at work today, author of the best-selling In Xanadu (‘one of the best travel books produced in the last twenty years’ – …
Return of a King
Perfect Presence
Tantra Jain and Hindu Ritual art from India. Tantra, a term known in the West for its associations with sex, magic and esoteric mysticism, has had an impact on many religions and …
The Age of Kali: Indian Travels & Encounters
From the author of The Last Mughal and Nine Lives the classic stories he gathered during the ten years he spent journeying across the Indian subcontinent, from Sri Lanka and …
Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan, 1839-42
A Best Book of the Year: The Economist, Slate, Kirkus Reviews In 1839, nearly 20,000 British troops poured through the mountain passes into Afghanistan and installed the exiled …
In Xanadu: A Quest
William Dalrymple's award-winning first book: his classic, fiercely intelligent and wonderfully entertaining account of his journey across Marco Polo's 700-year-old route from …