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Last King in India: Wajid Ali Shah

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The Last King in India is the story of an extraordinary man whose memory still divides opinion sharply today. Was he, as the British described him, a debauched ruler who spent his time with "fiddlers, eunuchs and women' instead of running the kingdom? Or, as most Indians believe, a gifted poetwhose works are still quoted today, and who was robbed of his throne by the East India Company?Somewhere in between the two extremes lies a complex character: a man who married over 350 women, directed theatrical events lasting a month, and built a fairytale palace in Lucknow. Wajid Ali Shah was written out of the history books after his kingdom was annexed in 1856. Some even thought he hadbeen killed during the mutiny the following year. But he lived on in Calcutta where he spent the last thirty years of his life trying to recreate his lost paradise. He remained a constant problem for the government of India, with his extravagance, his menagerie and his wives-in that order. For thefirst time his story is told here using original documents from Indian and British archives and meetings with his descendants.
Request Code : ZLIBIO3241660
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Year:
2014
Edition:
Illustrated
Publisher:
Hurst
Language:
English
Pages:
288
ISBN 10:
1849044082
ISBN 13:
9781849044080
ISBN:
1849044082,9781849044080

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