Victoria & Abdul - Couverture rigide

Basu, Shrabani

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 8129115689 ISBN 13 : 9788129115683

Editeur : Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd., 2010

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

An assistant clerk at Agra Central Jail, he suddenly found himself a personal attendant to the Empress of India herself. Within a year, he was established as a powerful figure at court, becoming the queen's teacher, or Munshi, and instructing her in Urdu and Indian affairs. Devastated by the death of John Brown, her Scottish gillie, the queen had at last found his replacement.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Shrabani Basu was born in Calcutta and grew up in Dhaka, Kathmandu and Delhi. She moved to London in1987, since when she had been the correspondent of the Calcutta based Anand Bazar Patrika and The Telegraph. She is the author of Curry: The story of the Nation's Favourite Dish and the critically acclaimed biography Spy Princess: The Life of Noor Inayat Khan.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd.
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 8129115689
• ISBN 13: 9788129115683
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 272