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Hindoo Holiday
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An Indian Journal
By
J. R. Ackerley, William Dalrymple (Introduction by)
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Free shipping Australia wide Ships from UK supplier | Rating: | | | Format: | Paperback, 288 pages | | Published In: | United Kingdom, 26 March 2009 |
In the 1920s, the young J. R. Ackerley spent several months in India as the personal secretary to the maharajah of a small Indian principality. In his journals, Ackerley recorded the Maharajah's fantastically eccentric habits and riddling conversations, and the odd shambling day-to-day life of his court. "Hindoo Holiday" is an intimate and very funny account of an exceedingly strange place, and one of the masterpieces of twentieth-century travel literature. |
About the AuthorJ. R. Ackerley (1896-1967) was for many years the literary editor of the BBC magazine The Listener. His works include three memoirs, Hindoo Holiday, My Dog Tulip and My Father and Myself, and a novel, We Think the World of You. William Dalrymple is the author of five acclaimed works of history and travel, including City of Djinns; the best-selling From the Holy Mountain; and White Mughals, which won Britain's most prestigious history prize, the Wolfson. He divides his time between New Delhi and London, and is a contributor to The New York Review of Books, The New Yorker and The Guardian.
| Publisher: | Penguin Classics | | ISBN: | 0141189258 |
| EAN: | 9780141189253 | | Dimensions: | 19.0 x 12.0 x 1.0 centimeters (0.22 kg) |
| Age Range: |
15+ years |
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