Lives Of The Indian Princes
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A richly detailed work of social and royal history, Lives of the Indian Princes chronicles the opulent, complex, and often turbulent world of India's maharajas, nawabs, and nizams during the twilight of their power under the British Raj and into the era of Indian independence. Drawing on extensive firsthand interviews with the princes and their descendants, the authors present an intimate and authoritative portrait of a vanished aristocratic civilization, capturing its extraordinary pageantry, its political intrigues, and its deeply personal human dramas. The tone is both reverential and unflinching, balancing admiration for the grandeur of princely India with an honest account of the contradictions and inequalities that defined it. Lavishly researched and compellingly narrated, the work illustrates how these rulers navigated the seismic shifts of colonialism, nationalism, and modernization, ultimately losing their titles, privy purses, and formal powers in 1971. It stands as an essential and irreplaceable record of one of history's most spectacular ruling classes.
Author: Charles Allen And Sharada Dwivedi
Format: Hardback
Published: 1984, Century Publishing
Genre: Asian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Usual aging. Shelf wear.
A richly detailed work of social and royal history, Lives of the Indian Princes chronicles the opulent, complex, and often turbulent world of India's maharajas, nawabs, and nizams during the twilight of their power under the British Raj and into the era of Indian independence. Drawing on extensive firsthand interviews with the princes and their descendants, the authors present an intimate and authoritative portrait of a vanished aristocratic civilization, capturing its extraordinary pageantry, its political intrigues, and its deeply personal human dramas. The tone is both reverential and unflinching, balancing admiration for the grandeur of princely India with an honest account of the contradictions and inequalities that defined it. Lavishly researched and compellingly narrated, the work illustrates how these rulers navigated the seismic shifts of colonialism, nationalism, and modernization, ultimately losing their titles, privy purses, and formal powers in 1971. It stands as an essential and irreplaceable record of one of history's most spectacular ruling classes.