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The Last Mughal
- The Fall of a Dynasty, Delhi, 1857
- Narrated by: Robert Bathurst
- Length: 4 hrs and 27 mins
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Summary
Bloomsbury presents this Abridged edition of The Last Mughal by William Dalrymple, read by Robert Bathurst.
At 4pm on a dark, wet winter's evening in November 1862, a cheap coffin was buried in eerie silence: no lamentations, no panegyrics, for as the British Commissioner in charge of the funeral insisted, ‘No vesting will remain to distinguish where the last of the Great Moghuls rests.' This Mughal was Bahadur Shah Zafar II, one of the most talented, tolerant and likeable of his remarkable dynasty who found himself leader of a violent uprising he knew from the start would lead to irreparable carnage.
Zafar's frantic efforts to unite his forces proved tragically futile. The Siege of Delhi was the Raj's Stalingrad, and Mughal Delhi was left an empty ruin. The Last Mughal charts the desecration and demise of a man, his dynasty, his city and civilizations mercilessly ravished by fractured forces and vengeful British troops.
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- Azathoth
- 29-12-19
Fun and instructive but not Dalrymple's best
i enjoyed reading the last mughal but i found it less interesting than other books by Dalrymple. it was neither too historical nor personal
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- Diane
- 15-11-22
Enlightening information about the Sepoy uprising
I had a limited view of what happened which was largely fed by the atrocious actions against women and children. This book showed me a different view and explains what the English men did to innocent Indians.
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- Mohamed A.
- 08-04-23
It’s thrilling and depressing
It’s really depressing to see how great empires fall.
It’s hard to believe how much blood was shed and the barbaric actions of brits against Indian civilians
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- Saeed
- 02-09-24
A good general account of the situation.
A deeply sad account of the tragedy of the Last Mogul Emperor at the hands of the British Colonialists.
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- 05-07-23
Well researched, beautifully written
Well researched, beautifully written.
A masterpiece!
A spectacular lucid account of a history, with lessons for our current times.
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- Amazon Customer
- 03-10-24
Informative and colourful
Intensive and informative. Very good short book and well researched. Well worth reading and listening to.
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- Anonymous User
- 21-08-19
The last Mughal
Outstanding historical narration of an important part of Idian history as written by a master history teller!
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- C. Smith
- 09-03-17
A riveting and revealing account of how the East India Company operated
Fascinating, Dalrymple's usual top notch prose and research applied to the events surrounding the great mutiny of 1857 and the brutal way it was squashed. So hard to pause the account at any point it was so riveting.
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- p m wootton-davies
- 07-05-15
Spotlight on history
William Dalrymple at his best. A sad story of oppression and misunderstanding on both sides. Well told etc etc etc
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- G. M. Edwards
- 30-09-20
As ever Dalrymple's research shines though
Gripping from the start and you never want the exploration to end. If I have one negative criticism it would be Bathurst's narration. The movement from narrative to quotation is indistinguishable, you never know if you are listening to Dalrymple or quotation from one of the long dead players in the account
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