India transformed the culture and technology of its ancient world – and our world today as we know it.
Award-winning, critically acclaimed, internationally bestselling William Dalrymple takes us to the heart of an undiscovered India
A rich blend of history and spirituality, adventure and politics, laced with the thread of black comedy familiar to readers of William Dalrymple’s previous work.
‘Could you show me a djinn?’ I asked. ‘Certainly,’ replied the Sufi. ‘But you would run away.’
William Dalrymple, who wrote so magically about India in ‘City of Djinns’, returns to the country in a series of remarkable essays.
An exquisite record and exploration of some of the greatest masterpieces of Indian art by leading historian, William Dalrymple
From the author of the Samuel Johnson prize-shortlisted ‘Return of a King’, the romantic and ultimately tragic tale of a passionate love affair that transcended all the cultural, religious and political boundaries of its time.
A stunning and bloody history of nineteenth-century India and the reign of the Last Mughal by the bestselling author of White Mughals
Bestselling historian William Dalrymple reinstates India as the great superpower of Ancient Asia.