Libros de William Dalrymple

La Anarquía

• 560 páginas
• En 1765, la Compañía de las Indias Orientales derrocó al joven emperador mogol y puso en su lugar un gobierno controlado por mercaderes ingleses que extorsionaba impuestos merced a su ejército privado. Fue este el momento que...

El Retorno De Un Rey

• 560 páginas
• En la primavera de 1839, tropas británicas invadían por primera vez Afganistán para exorcizar la fantasmal amenaza rusa sobre la India que angustiaba a políticos incompetentes y entusiasmaba a lobistas sin escrúpulos...

El último Mogol. El Ocaso De Los Emperadores De La India 1857

• 560 páginas
• de la historia de la India. En 1857, fue la bendición de Zafar a una rebelión entre los cipayos de la Compañía la que transformó lo que en principio parecía un simple motín en el levantamiento más...

Nueve Vidas

• 392 páginas
• Un monje budista empuña las armas para resistir la invasión china del Tíbet, y el resto de su vida intenta expiar esa violencia estampando las mejores banderas de oración de la India. Una monja jainista pone a prueba su desapeg...

Koh-i-noor

• The first comprehensive and authoritative history of the Koh-i-Noor, arguably the most..

The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, And The Pillage Of An Empire

• ONE OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR. NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE

Forgotten Masters: Indian Painting For The East India Company

• As the East India Company extended its sway across India in the late eighteenth century, many..

Migration

• Theodore Dalrymple pulls no punches when it comes to political correctness and culture.. and why should he? These selected essays will stir and educate us on cultural relativism.. Take for example the following quotes from the book: On Germaine Greer:...

David Bailey: Bailey's Naga Hills

• This book is David Bailey's (born 1938) portrayal of the landscapes and personalities of the..

Steve Mccurry Afghanistan

• 256 páginas
• War and Grace. Magnum photographer Steve McCurry's Afghanistan..

Last Mughal

For The Use Of Lord’s Day Schools

• For the Use of Lord’s Day Schools - Two scripture catechisms. I. For children who are just begun to read distinctly. II. For those about eleven or twelve years of age is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1788....

Steve Mccurry. Indien

• 208 páginas
• Steve McCurry nimmt den Betrachter mit auf eine unvergessliche Reise ins exotische Herz Indiens. Ein stimmungsvoller Bildband für Reisende, Träumer und Liebhaber des indischen Subkontinents.

Return Of A King

• 608 páginas
• A definitive analysis of the First Afghan War, using contemporary Afghan accounts for the first time. In the spring of 1839, the British invaded Afghanistan; nearly 20,000 troops poured through the mountain passes, facing little resistance and re-establis...

Edge Of Faith

• Located on the west coast of India along the Arabian Sea, Goa officially became an Indian state in..

From The Holy Mountain

• In the spring of A.D. 587, John Moschos and his pupil Sophronius the Sophist embarked on a..

Bailey's Dehli Dilemma

• 300 páginas
• How does one photograph Delhi without the results looking like clich d, tourist-friendly images..

A History Of Christ

• This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

In Xanadu

• One of the most successful, influential and acclaimed travel books of recent years. At the age of twenty-two, William Dalrymple left his college in Cambridge to travel to the ruins of Kublai Khan's stately pleasure dome in Xanadu. This is an account...

City Of Djinns

• As Dalrymple's first book, "In Xanadu", traversed thousands of miles, now he traverses thousands of years. In the course of 12 months in Delhi, he peels back the successive encrusting layers of history, using both material and human remains...