The Last Mughal
Kanjisheik, reviewing William Darlymple's The Last Mughal writes
Using all these disparate sources, Darlymple succeeds in creating a masterpiece that challenges the existing theories about the Revolt. Instead of the single coherent mutiny or patriotic national war of independence beloved of Victorian or Indian nationalist historians, Darlymple says that there was in reality a chain of very different uprisings and acts of resistance that were determined by local and regional factors.
In another review, noted author Kushwant Singh writes
Dalrymple's book rouses deep emotions. It will bring tears to the eyes of every Dilliwala, among whom I count myself.
Readers interested in the book will also be interested in the piece "Rising, Falling" written by William Dalrymple offering a "a new look at one of Indian history's most enigmatic episodes, and its aftermath"
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