Conjuring all the sweep of a great nineteenth-century novel, acclaimed author William Dalrymple unearths the fascinating story of the British Resident at the court of the Nizam of Hyderabad, James Kirkpatrick, who in 1798 fell in love with the great-niece of the Hyderabadi prime minister. To marry her, Kirkpatrick converted to Islam and even became a double agent working agains...(展开全部)

著有《仙那度》（In Xanadu）、《精灵之城》（City of Djinns）、《圣山来客》（From the Holy Mountain）、《迦梨时代》(The Age of Kali)、《白莫卧儿人》（White Mughals）、《最后的莫卧儿人》（The Last Mughal）以及最新出版的《九种人生》（Nine Lives）。他曾获汤玛斯·库克旅游文学奖(Thomas Cook Travel Book Award)、《星期日泰晤士报》年度英国年轻作家奖(Young British Writer of the Year Award)、法国星盘图书奖(French Prix d’Astrolabe)、沃尔夫森历史奖(Wolfson Prize for History)、苏格兰年度图书大奖(Scottish Book of the Year...(展开全部)

Conjuring all the sweep of a great nineteenth-century novel, acclaimed author William Dalrymple unearths the fascinating story of the British Resident at the court of the Nizam of Hyderabad, James Kirkpatrick, who in 1798 fell in love with the great-niece of the Hyderabadi prime minister. To marry her, Kirkpatrick converted to Islam and even became a double agent working agains...(展开全部)

'Dalrymple's India is as vivid as Naipaul's' Simon Jenkins, The Times White Mughals is the romantic and ultimately tragic tale of a passionate love affair that transcended all the cultural, religious and political boundaries of its time. James Achilles Kirkpatrick was the British Resident at the court of Hyderabad when he met Khair un-Nissa -- 'Most Excellent among Women' -- ...(展开全部)

Conjuring all the sweep of a great nineteenth-century novel, acclaimed author William Dalrymple unearths the fascinating story of the British Resident at the court of the Nizam of Hyderabad, James Kirkpatrick, who in 1798 fell in love with the great-niece of the Hyderabadi prime minister. To marry her, Kirkpatrick converted to Islam and even became a double agent working agains...(展开全部)

'Dalrymple's India is as vivid as Naipaul's' Simon Jenkins, The Times White Mughals is the romantic and ultimately tragic tale of a passionate love affair that transcended all the cultural, religious and political boundaries of its time. James Achilles Kirkpatrick was the British Resident at the court of Hyderabad when he met Khair un-Nissa -- 'Most Excellent among Women' -- ...(展开全部)

Conjuring all the sweep of a great nineteenth-century novel, acclaimed author William Dalrymple unearths the fascinating story of the British Resident at the court of the Nizam of Hyderabad, James Kirkpatrick, who in 1798 fell in love with the great-niece of the Hyderabadi prime minister. To marry her, Kirkpatrick converted to Islam and even became a double agent working agains...(展开全部)

著有《仙那度》（In Xanadu）、《精灵之城》（City of Djinns）、《圣山来客》（From the Holy Mountain）、《迦梨时代》(The Age of Kali)、《白莫卧儿人》（White Mughals）、《最后的莫卧儿人》（The Last Mughal）以及最新出版的《九种人生》（Nine Lives）。他曾获汤玛斯·库克旅游文学奖(Thomas Cook Travel Book Award)、《星期日泰晤士报》年度英国年轻作家奖(Young British Writer of the Year Award)、法国星盘图书奖(French Prix d’Astrolabe)、沃尔夫森历史奖(Wolfson Prize for History)、苏格兰年度图书大奖(Scottish Book of the Year...(展开全部)

In 1747, the city of Kerman in Persia burned amidst chaos, destruction and death perpetrated by the city's own overlord, Nader Shah. After the violent overthrow of the Safavid dynasty in 1722 and subsequent foreign invasions from all sides, Persia had been in constant turmoil. One well-appointed house that belonged to the East India Company had been saved from destruction by th...(展开全部)

In 1747, the city of Kerman in Persia burned amidst chaos, destruction and death perpetrated by the city's own overlord, Nader Shah. After the violent overthrow of the Safavid dynasty in 1722 and subsequent foreign invasions from all sides, Persia had been in constant turmoil. One well-appointed house that belonged to the East India Company had been saved from destruction by th...(展开全部)