Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9789360804909
Publisert
2025-02-28
Utgiver
Manohar Publishers and Distributors
Høyde
230 mm
Bredde
160 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
344
Forfatter
Biografisk notat
Philip Meadows Taylor (1808-76) was sent out to India to become a clerk to a Bombay merchant. In 1824, he accepted a commission in the service of the Nizam of Hyderabad. He is the author of several popular books, including Seeta: Ordeals and Tribulations of a Widow in 1857 Mutiny, Tippoo Sultan, The Story of My Life, and A Noble Queen.
Confessions of a Thug, a fictionalized ethnography, explores the thuggery system prevalent in nineteenth-century British India. The novel is significant for popularizing the Hindi-Urdu word ‘thug’ in the British and English languages. Centered around Ameer Ali, an anti-hero protagonist, the work delves into the lives of thugs and their criminal activities. It also sheds light on denotified tribes, where banditry had been a traditional occupation for generations.
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Notably, after Rudyard Kipling’s Kim (1900), Confessions of a Thug became a best-selling English novel about India.
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9789360804909
Publisert
2025-02-28
Utgiver
Manohar Publishers and Distributors
Høyde
230 mm
Bredde
160 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
344
Forfatter