The Last Mughal
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| The Last Mughal | |
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William Dalrymple with the "Mutiny Papers" at the National Archives, New Delhi | |
| Author | William Dalrymple |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Subject(s) | Narrative history |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Publication date | 2002 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover, Paperback) |
| ISBN | 0006550967 |
| OCLC Number | 317551228 |
| Preceded by | Begums Thugs and White Mughals |
Summary
The book, Dalrymple's sixth, 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].
On February 20, 2007 this book won Dalrymple the Duff Cooper Memorial Prize for History and Biography.
A Gresham College lecture by Dalrymple giving an overview and summarizing the topics of the book is available here.
References
- ↑ Last Mughal, xxv; TLS, 24 Nov 2005; The Guardian, 11 Nov 2006; Hindustan Times, 5 Nov 2006.
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