num_pages: 620
description: Traces the practice by British colonizers in India to assume local customs and religious practices, offering a particular focus on James Kirkpatrick, who converted to Islam and spied on the East India Company while having an affair with the great-niece of the region's prime minister. 15,000 first printing.
language: English
title: White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century India
titlecomplete: White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century India
genres: Historical, Biography, Indian Literature, Asia, British Literature, Nonfiction, India, 18th Century, Travel, History
ratings_count: 4737
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Wolfson History Prize, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Kiriyama Prize
category: Nonfiction, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Hessell-Tiltman Prize
publisher: Viking