Confessions of a Thug - Couverture souple

Taylor, Philip Meadows

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 9388369106 ISBN 13 : 9789388369107

Editeur : Fingerprint! Publishing, 2018

Synopsis

Be firm, be courageous, be subtle, be faithful; more you need not. These are the highest qualifications of a Thug . . . and lead to certain success and high rank. Welcome to the feudal India of the early nineteenth century where a band of thugscold-blooded, ruthless assassins, and dacoitsare rampaging on the streets, luring unsuspecting travellers only to kill and loot. But the most notorious of their band, Ameer Ali, has been imprisoned, and he has a lot to confess. Responsible for 719 murders, he recounts his extraordinary life story which begins on a grave evening when he is the victim of a Thuggee attack. And the events unfold to envelop him in the lives of his perpetrators . . . till he becomes one of them. A gut-wrenching memoir, Confessions of a Thug, which offers a glimpse into the feudal history of India, is one of the most sensational crime novels of its time.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Born in 1808, in Liverpool, England, Colonel Philip Meadows Taylor came to India in 1823 to work as an assistant for Mr. Baxter, a merchant in Bombay. But with Baxter being bankrupt, the sixteen-year-old Taylor found a commission in the Nizam of Hyderabads army. During his service, Taylor learned about India and became proficient in various languages. He wrote several books depicting and describing the Indian history, society, landscape, and characters. Confessions of a Thug, published while he was in England in 1840, was Taylors first Indian novel. The book was an immediate success. The most significant novel about India before Kiplings Kim (1901), it popularised the word thug in the English language. Taylor followed it with Tipoo Sultaun (1840), which was also equally successful. His other works include Ralph Darnell (1865), Seeta (1872), and A Noble Queen, which was published posthumously in 1878.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Fingerprint! Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9388369106
• ISBN 13: 9789388369107
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 616
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• Personne responsable: non disponible