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On a hazy November afternoon in Rangoon, 1862, a shrouded corpse was escorted by a small group of British soldiers to an anonymous grave in a prison enclosure. As the British Commissioner in charge insisted, “No vestige will remain to distinguish where the last of the Great Moghuls rests.” ... read more
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“The Meerut Sepoys had not only risen and committed a massacre, they had also ridden south-eastwards throughout the night, and at that very moment were pouring over the Bridge of Boats, and into the walled city, in search of their Emperor. (p142)”
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First Sentence
At 4 p.m. on a hazy, humid winter's afternoon in Rangoon in November 1862, soon after the end of the monsoon, a shrouded corpse was escorted by a small group of British soldiers to an anonymous grave at the back of a walled prison enclosure.
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Maps
Dramatis Personae
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. A Chessboard King
2. Believers and Infidels
3. An Uneasy Equilibrium
4. The Near Approach of the Storm
5. The Sword of the Lord of Fury
6. This Day of Ruin and Riot
7. A Precarious Position
8. Blood for Blood
9. The Turn of the Tide
10. To Shoot Every Soul
11. The City of the Dead
12. The Last of the Great Mughals
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Authors & Contributors
- William Dalrymple (Author)
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