Victoria and Abdul (film tie-in) by Shrabani Basu

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Victoria and Abdul (film tie-in) by Shrabani Basu

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The tall, handsome Abdul Karim was just twenty-four years old when he arrived in England from Agra to wait at tables during Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. 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.

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Victoria and Abdul (film tie-in) by Shrabani Basu

The tall, handsome Abdul Karim was just twenty-four years old when he arrived in England from Agra to wait at tables during Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee. 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 ghillie, the queen had at last found his replacement. But her intense and controversial relationship with the Munshi led to a near-revolt in the royal household. Victoria & Abdul examines how a young Indian Muslim came to play a central role at the heart of the empire, and his influence over the queen at a time when independence movements in the sub-continent were growing in force. Yet, at its heart, it is a tender love story between an ordinary Indian and his elderly queen, a relationship that survived the best attempts to destroy it.
'Totally absorbing' * Daily Telegraph *
'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 is an author, journalist and historian. She has also written Curry: the Story of the Nation’s Favourite Dish (2003) and Spy Princess: the Life of Noor Inayat Khan (2006). She is based in London.
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ISBN 13 9780750982580
ISBN 10 0750982586
Title Victoria and Abdul (film tie-in)
Author Shrabani Basu
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher The History Press Ltd
Year published 2017-07-21
Number of pages 0
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