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Captured in Miniature: Mughal Lives Through Mughal Art by Suhag Shirodhar 9780944142615
£12.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780944142615Author Suhag ShirodharFormat HardbackPage Count 56Imprint Grantha CorporationPublisher Grantha CorporationWeight(grams) 581gDimensions(mm) 290mm... -
Stranger in the Mask of a Deer by Richard Skelton 9781908058843
RRP: £9.99£6.99Stranger in the Mask of a Deer conjures an elemental, dreamlike narrative ranging from the present to the Late-Upper Palaeolithic, when the British peninsula was gradually reoccupied by humans and animals returning from the greater continent after the... -
A Brief History of the Great Moghuls by Bamber Gascoigne
RRP: £10.99£2.91'Entertainingly written history . . . ravishingly beautiful photographs.'The Times Bamber Gascoigne's classic book tells of the most fascinating period of Indian history, the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, when the country was ruled by the... -
The New India: The Unmaking of the World's Largest Democracy Rahul Bhatia 9781408717899
RRP: £16.99£13.48This is a book of narrative reportage six years in the making. It describes how ideology and technological ambition have reshaped India's nascent democracy and follows a diverse cast of people as they navigate questions of identity and belonging.Book... -
Birds of Passage: Henrietta Clive's Travels in South India 1798-1801 by Nancy K. Shields 9781780600796
RRP: £12.99£8.60Henrietta is a true original. Clever, vivacious and interested in everything, she managed to balance the demands of high profile public life with that of a caring mother. She was the home-schooled daughter of a bankrupt Earl and more than just a little... -
Empireland: How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain by Sathnam Sanghera
RRP: £10.99£7.77WINNER OF THE 2022 BRITISH BOOK AWARD FOR NARRATIVE NONFICTION***THE BOOK THAT INSPIRED THE CHANNEL 4 DOCUMENTARY 'EMPIRE STATE OF MIND'***THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'The real remedy is education of the kind that Sanghera has embraced - accepting, not... -
The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company by William Dalrymple
RRP: £12.99£8.32THE TOP 5 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2019 THE TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR FINALIST FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2020 LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2019 A FINANCIAL TIMES, OBSERVER,... -
Nemesis: A brand-new historical epic from the Master of Adventure by Wilbur Smith 9781804180143
RRP: £9.99£6.85A FIGHT FOR HONOUR. A QUEST FOR REVENGE.Paris, 1794. Revolutionary fervour has erupted into the Reign of Terror. A young man, Paul Courtney, hides in a crowd watching as the condemned are brought to the guillotine. Among them is Constance Courtney,... -
Caste: The International Bestseller by Isabel Wilkerson
RRP: £12.99£9.09THE TIME NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR | #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"Powerful and timely ... I cannot recommend it strongly enough" - Barack ObamaBeyond race or class, our lives are defined by a powerful, unspoken system of divisions. In Caste, Pulitzer... -
A History of the Sikhs Vol 1 (SECOND EDITION): Volume 1 1469-1838 by Khushwant Singh 9780195673081
RRP: £12.99£12.17The new second edition volume one 1469-1839 is updated to the present recounts the return of the community to the mainstream of national life. Written in Khushwant Singh's trademark style to be accessible to a general, non-scholarly audience, the book is... -
The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire by William Dalrymple
RRP: £35.00£23.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781635573954Author William DalrympleFormat HardbackPage Count 576Imprint Bloomsbury PublishingPublisher Bloomsbury PublishingWeight(grams)... -
Sophia by Anita Anand 9781408835470
RRP: £14.99£10.59**By the presenter of the hit podcast EMPIRE** 'Sophia is the sort of remarkable, almost unbelievable untold true story that every writer dreams of chancing upon. A wonderful debut, written with real spirit and gusto. Anita Anand has produced a... -
Inglorious Empire: What the British Did to India by Shashi Tharoor 9780141987149
RRP: £10.99£7.77The Sunday Times Top 10 bestseller on India's experience of British colonialism, by the internationally-acclaimed author and diplomat Shashi Tharoor'Tharoor's impassioned polemic slices straight to the heart of the darkness that drives all empires ..... -
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy 9780006551096
RRP: £6.99£6.73The literary phenomenon of the year. More magical than Mistry, more of a rollicking good read than Rushdie, more nerve-tinglingly imagined than Naipaul, here, perhaps, is the greatest Indian novel by a woman. Arundhati Roy has written an... -
Partition Voices: Untold British Stories by Kavita Puri
RRP: £12.99£9.09UPDATED FOR THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF PARTITION 'Puri does profound and elegant work bringing forgotten narratives back to life. It's hard to convey just how important this book is' Sathnam Sanghera 'The most humane account of partition I've read .... -
India: A History by John Keay
RRP: £14.99£9.70The most authoritative and highly regarded single-volume history of India - from ancient time to the modern day. Five millennia of the sub-continent's social, economic, political and cultural history are interpreted by one of our finest writers on India... -
India - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture by Becky Stephen 9781787029002
RRP: £10.99£8.22Don't just see the sights get to know the people. India's huge population of 1.2 billion is as varied and colorful as the spice markets of Old Delhi. Each region, caste, and community has its own culture, reflecting unique histories shaped by... -
The Last Mughal: The Fall of Delhi, 1857 William Dalrymple 9781408800928
RRP: £14.99£10.95On a dark evening in November 1862, a cheap coffin is buried in eerie silence. There are no lamentations or panegyrics, for the British Commissioner in charge has insisted, 'No vesting will remain to distinguish where the last of the Great Mughals rests... -
The Bangalore Detectives Club Harini Nagendra 9781408715185
RRP: £9.99£6.80'The first in an effervescent new mystery series. . . a treat for historical mystery lovers looking for a new series to savour (or devour)' NEW YORK TIMES'A gorgeous debut mystery with a charming and fearless sleuth . . . spellbinding' SUJATA... -
The God of Small Things (Collins Modern Classics) by Arundhati Roy
RRP: £9.99£7.26Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience - classics which will endure for generations to come. ... -
The Last Jews Of Kerala Edna Fernandes 9781846270994
RRP: £10.99£7.32Separated by a narrow stretch of swamp-like waters, and distinguished by the colour of their skin, the Black Jews and the White Jews have been locked in a rancorous feud for centuries. Only now, when their combined number has diminished to fewer than... -
Freedom at Midnight by Larry Collins
RRP: £16.99£11.47The electrifying story of India's struggle for independence, told in this classic account (first published in 1975) by two fine journalists who conducted hundreds of interviews with nearly all the surviving participants - from Mountbatten to the... -
Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization by Paul Kriwaczek 9781848871571
RRP: £12.99£8.56In Babylon, Paul Kriwaczek tells the story of ancient Mesopotamia from the earliest settlements around 5400 BC, to the eclipse of Babylon by the Persians in the sixth century BC. He chronicles the rise and fall of dynastic power during this period; he... -
Access to History: South Africa, 1948-94: from apartheid state to 'rainbow nation' for Edexcel by Peter Clements
RRP: £22.00£20.72Exam Board: EdexcelLevel: AS/A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2015First exams: Summer 2016 (AS), Summer 2017 (A-level)Give your students the best chance of success with this tried and tested series, combining in-depth analysis, engaging... -
Shadows At Noon: The South Asian Twentieth Century by Joya Chatterji 9781847925497
RRP: £30.00£20.95**LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024**'A classic ... wonderfully enjoyable' WILLIAM DALRYMPLEThis is the authoritative history of South Asia in the 20th century.Shadows at Noon tells the subcontinent's story from the British Raj... -
The Patient Assassin: A True Tale of Massacre, Revenge and the Raj Anita Anand 9781471174247
RRP: £9.99£6.41WINNER OF THE PEN HESSELL-TILTMAN PRIZE 'Reads like something from a thriller...colourful, detailed and meticulously researched' Sunday Times'Gripping from start to finish' Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads Hundreds of peaceful civilians were... -
Road of Bones: The Epic Siege of Kohima 1944 by Fergal Keane
RRP: £14.99£9.70Winner of the British Army Military Book of the Year 2011 The story of one of the most brutal battles in modern history - fought at a major turning point of the Second World War. Kohima. In this remote Indian village near the border... -
City of Djinns by William Dalrymple
RRP: £10.99£7.25'Could you show me a djinn?' I asked. 'Certainly,' replied the Sufi. 'But you would run away.' From the author of the Samuel Johnson prize shortlisted 'The Return of a King', this is William Dalrymple's captivating memoir of a year spent in... -
Nemesis: A brand-new historical epic from the Master of Adventure by Wilbur Smith 9781804180136
RRP: £22.00£15.31A FIGHT FOR HONOUR. A QUEST FOR REVENGE.Paris, 1794. Revolutionary fervour has erupted into the Reign of Terror. A young man, Paul Courtney, hides in a crowd watching as the condemned are brought to the guillotine. Among them is Constance Courtney,... -
Indian Summer: The Secret History of the End of an Empire by Alex Von Tunzelmann 9781471166440
RRP: £9.99£6.80'This is history bursting at the seams with English eccentrics and Indian gentry...the charm of Tunzelmann's approach is to restore her cast to full and vital life' Observer'A compelling narrative, sometimes controversial, occasionally perverse, never... -
All the Lives We Never Lived: Shortlisted for the 2020 International DUBLIN Literary Award Anuradha Roy 9780857058188
RRP: £10.99£6.47"A writer of great subtlety and intelligence . . . a beautifully written and compelling story of how families fall apart and what remains of the aftermath" Kamila Shamsie, winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction 2018 "The book everyone is talking about... -
The Second Jim Corbett Omnibus: `My India', `Jungle Lore', `Tree Tops' by Jim Corbett
RRP: £10.99£7.77Jim Corbett is world famous for his classic man-eater stories. However, the three volumes collected here show a very different side to this remarkable man. In My India, he describes the villages of the Kumaon Hills, and the customs and lifestyles of... -
Stranded by Sarah Goodwin 9780008467364 [USED COPY]
RRP: £9.99£3.50'IT WAS SO GOOD' NetGalley review 'Absolutely breath-taking' NetGalley review 'Talk about a page-turner!' NetGalley review 'You. DO. NOT want to miss!!!' NetGalley review You'll want to stay. Until you can't... -
India After Gandhi: A History by Ramachandra Guha 9781035014729
RRP: £25.00£17.84'Magisterial' - The Financial TimesAn updated edition of Ramachandra Guha's India After Gandhi with new material that explains the major events, policy shifts and controversies of the past decade, placing them in their proper sociological and historical... -
An Autobiography by M. K. Gandhi
RRP: £10.99£7.77Gandhi's non-violent struggles against racism, violence, and colonialism in South Africa and India had brought him to such a level of notoriety, adulation that when asked to write an autobiography midway through his career, he took it as an opportunity... -
Access to History: In search of the American Dream: the USA, c1917-96 for Edexcel Vivienne Sanders 9781510423459
£25.21Exam Board: EdexcelLevel: AS/A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2015First exams: Summer 2016 (AS), Summer 2017 (A-level)Give your students the best chance of success with this tried and tested series, combining in-depth analysis, engaging... -
Indian Art by Partha Mitter
RRP: £23.49£17.01This concise yet lively new survey guides the reader through 5000 years of Indian art and architecture. A rich artistic tradition is fully explored through the Hindu, Buddhist, Islamic, Colonial, and contemporary periods, incorporating discussion of... -
A Short History Of India by Gordon Kerr 9781843449225
RRP: £16.99£3.51The world's largest democracy and second-most populous country, 21st century India is a dynamic nation with a thrusting economy, made up of a variety of beliefs and peoples united under one flag. Its history is a unique story of ancient empires and... -
White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in 18th-century India by William Dalrymple
RRP: £18.99£13.33From the author of the Samuel Johnson prize-shortlisted 'Return of a King', the romantic and ultimately tragic tale of a passionate love affair that transcended all the cultural, religious and political boundaries of its time. James Achilles... -
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Slum by Katherine Boo 9781846274510
RRP: £10.99£7.32'A Mumbai slum understood and imagined as never before in language of intense beauty' Salman Rushdie 'If Bollywood ever decides to do its own version of The Wire, this would be it' Barbara Ehrenreich Annawadi is a slum at the edge of Mumbai...