The last Mughal
Subtitle: the fall of a dynasty : Delhi, 1857
By: William Dalrymple.
Edition: 1st Vintage Books ed.
Publisher: Vintage Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 534
ISBN-13: 9781400078332
Subjects: Muhammad Bahadur Shah -- II, -- King of Delhi, -- 1775-1862.; India -- History -- Sepoy Rebellion, 1857-1858.; Mogul Empire -- History -- 19th century.; Delhi (India) -- History -- 19th century.
Description: A portrait of Mughal emperor, poet, and mystic Bahadur Shah Zafar II is set against the backdrop of mid-nineteenth-century India, the 1857 armed uprising against British rule, the final days of the Mughal capital of Delhi and its destruction in the wake of its fall, and Zafar's final days as an exile in Burma.
Notes: "Originally published in slightly different form in Great Britain by Bloomsbury Publishing, London, in 2006"--T.p. verso.