The Last Mughal
| Author | William Dalrymple |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Narrative history |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Publication date | 2006 |
| Media type | Print (hardcover, paperback) |
| ISBN | 9780670999255 |
| OCLC | 70402016 |
| Preceded by | Begums Thugs and White Mughals |
| Followed by | Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India |
The Last Mughal, The Fall of a Dynasty, Delhi 1857 is a 2006 historical book by William Dalrymple.
Summary
The book, Dalrymple's sixth, and his second to reflect his long love affair with the city of Delhi, won praise for its use of "The Mutiny Papers", which included previously ignored Indian accounts of the events of 1857. He worked on these documents in association with the Urdu scholar Mahmood Farooqui.[1]
It won the 2006 Duff Cooper Memorial Prize for History and Biography, and the 2007 Vodafone Crossword Book Award.
References
- ↑ Last Mughal, xxv; TLS, 24 Nov 2005; The Guardian, 11 Nov 2006; Hindustan Times, 5 Nov 2006.
External links
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