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'A marvellous book in the best traditions of narrative history: colourful, informative and splendidly readable. I can give it no greater praise than to admit I would like to have written it myself' SAUL DAVID in the DAILY TELEGRAPH 'Allen is an excellent guide through this fascinating territory . . . [A] magnificent book' WILLIAM DALRYMPLE in the SUNDAY TIMES

Charles Allen was born in India, where six generations of his family served under the British Raj. He is the author of several classic books on colonial and imperial history.