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The Last Mughal

The Fall of a Dynasty, Delhi, 1857

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The Last Mughal

By: William Dalrymple
Narrated by: Robert Bathurst
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Bloomsbury presents this Abridged edition of The Last Mughal by William Dalrymple, read by Robert Bathurst.

At 4pm on a dark, wet winter's evening in November 1862, a cheap coffin was buried in eerie silence: no lamentations, no panegyrics, for as the British Commissioner in charge of the funeral insisted, ‘No vesting will remain to distinguish where the last of the Great Moghuls rests.' This Mughal was Bahadur Shah Zafar II, one of the most talented, tolerant and likeable of his remarkable dynasty who found himself leader of a violent uprising he knew from the start would lead to irreparable carnage.

Zafar's frantic efforts to unite his forces proved tragically futile. The Siege of Delhi was the Raj's Stalingrad, and Mughal Delhi was left an empty ruin. The Last Mughal charts the desecration and demise of a man, his dynasty, his city and civilizations mercilessly ravished by fractured forces and vengeful British troops.

©2006 William Dalrymple (P)2007 Bloomsbury Publishing Asia India Modern South Asia World

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i enjoyed reading the last mughal but i found it less interesting than other books by Dalrymple. it was neither too historical nor personal

Fun and instructive but not Dalrymple's best

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I had a limited view of what happened which was largely fed by the atrocious actions against women and children. This book showed me a different view and explains what the English men did to innocent Indians.

Enlightening information about the Sepoy uprising

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It’s really depressing to see how great empires fall.
It’s hard to believe how much blood was shed and the barbaric actions of brits against Indian civilians

It’s thrilling and depressing

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A deeply sad account of the tragedy of the Last Mogul Emperor at the hands of the British Colonialists.

A good general account of the situation.

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Well researched, beautifully written.
A masterpiece!
A spectacular lucid account of a history, with lessons for our current times.

Well researched, beautifully written

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Intensive and informative. Very good short book and well researched. Well worth reading and listening to.

Informative and colourful

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Outstanding historical narration of an important part of Idian history as written by a master history teller!

The last Mughal

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Fascinating, Dalrymple's usual top notch prose and research applied to the events surrounding the great mutiny of 1857 and the brutal way it was squashed. So hard to pause the account at any point it was so riveting.

A riveting and revealing account of how the East India Company operated

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William Dalrymple at his best. A sad story of oppression and misunderstanding on both sides. Well told etc etc etc

Spotlight on history

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Gripping from the start and you never want the exploration to end. If I have one negative criticism it would be Bathurst's narration. The movement from narrative to quotation is indistinguishable, you never know if you are listening to Dalrymple or quotation from one of the long dead players in the account

As ever Dalrymple's research shines though

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