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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.
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'A tale of Empire and intrigue brought vividly back to life' (VIKAS SWARUP author of Slumdog Millionaire)
'A charming tale which should have been told before' (BBC History Magazine)
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.
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- PublisherRupa & Co
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 8129115689
- ISBN 13 9788129115683
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages272
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