THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION, CONTAINING ORIGINAL PAPERS, VOL.VIII 1845
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Containing original essays; historical narratives, biographical memoirs, sketches of society, topographical descriptions, novels and tales, anecdotes, select extracts from new and expensive works, the spirit of the public journals, discoveries in the arts and sciences, useful domestic hints, etc. etc. etc.
Author : William Dalrymple
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 20,39 MB
Release : 2017-09-12
Category : History
ISBN : 1635570778
From the internationally acclaimed and bestselling historians William Dalrymple and Anita Anand, the first comprehensive and authoritative history of the Koh-i-Noor diamond, arguably the most celebrated jewel in the world. On March 29, 1849, the ten-year-old leader of the Sikh kingdom of the Punjab was ushered into the magnificent Mirrored Hall at the center of the British fort in Lahore, India. There, in a formal Act of Submission, the frightened but dignified child handed over to the British East India Company swathes of the richest land in India and the single most valuable object in the subcontinent: the celebrated Koh-i-Noor diamond, otherwise known as the Mountain of Light. To celebrate the acquisition, the British East India Company commissioned a history of the diamond woven together from the gossip of the Delhi Bazaars. From that moment forward, the Koh-i-Noor became the most famous and mythological diamond in history, with thousands of people coming to see it at the 1851 Great Exhibition and still more thousands repeating the largely fictitious account of its passage through history. Using original eyewitness accounts and chronicles never before translated into English, Dalrymple and Anand trace the true history of the diamond and disperse the myths and fantastic tales that have long surrounded this awe-inspiring jewel. The resulting history of south and central Asia tells a true tale of greed, conquest, murder, torture, colonialism, and appropriation that shaped a continent and the Koh-i-Noor itself.
Author : William Dalrymple
Publisher : Juggernaut Books
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 49,21 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Design
ISBN : 9386228084
This riveting tale of the Kohinoor, the worldÕs most coveted gem, unearths fascinating new information as it moves from the Mughal court to Persia to Afghanistan; from Maharaja Ranjit Singh's durbar in Punjab to the Queen of England's Crown. A thrilling tale, full of violence, drama and intrigue.
Author : Thomas Kerslake
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Page : 280 pages
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Release : 1849
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Author : The Mirror of Literature,Amusement,and Instruction.VOL.I.January to June,1847
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Page : 430 pages
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Release : 1847
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Author : William Thomas Lowndes
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Page : 352 pages
File Size : 19,5 MB
Release : 1861
Category : English literature
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Author : Veronica Alfano
Publisher : Springer
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 33,47 MB
Release : 2016-01-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1137393297
Exploring how scholars use digital resources to reconstruct the 19th century, this volume probes key issues in the intersection of digital humanities and history. Part I examines the potential of online research tools for literary scholarship while Part II outlines a prehistory of digital virtuality by exploring specific Victorian cultural forms.
Author : Simon Keefe
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 30,9 MB
Release : 2023-02-28
Category : Music
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Author : percy b. st. john
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Page : 436 pages
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