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Begums, Thugs & White Mughals

The Journals of Fanny Parkes

by Fanny Parkes
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Fanny Parkes lived in India between 1822 and 1846 and was the ideal travel writer -courageous, indefatigably curious and determinedly independent. Her journals trace her transformation from prim memsahib to eccentric, sitar-playing Indophile, fluent in Urdu, critical of British rule and passionate in her appreciation of Indian culture. Fanny is fascinated by the trial of thugs, the adorning of a Hindu bride and swears by the efficacy of opium on headaches. To read her is to get as close as one can to a true picture of early colonial India -the sacred and the profane, the violent and the beautiful, the straight-laced sahibs and the 'White Mughals' who fell in love with India, married Indian wives and built bridges between the two cultures.

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  • Release date

    December 1, 2012

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    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781780600192

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9781780600192
      • File size: 6354 KB

  • Languages

    • English

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  • OverDrive Read
  • EPUB ebook

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  • English

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