![]() In conversation with THE WEEK, Dalrymple tells why it is time for him to turn over a new leaf: He had helped unlock rare Persian texts, obscure manuscripts and calligraphies unearthed by the historian. In a way, the set is dedicated to the memory of Bruce Wannel, Dalrymple's long-time collaborator and translator, who died last year. Bundling these four books into a box-set called The Company Quartet was bound to happen. White Mughals, The Last Mughal (2006), Return of a King (2012) and The Anarchy (2019) bookend 20 years of his writing on the breathless rise and fall of the East India Company. ![]() I am now looking at a very different world of classical India-between 200BCE and 1000CE.Įver since White Mughals, Dalrymple has continually invited the general reader to enter his stylistic, intriguing world of history, where oft-heard stories are retold in a distinctive voice by tapping into primary sources previously unread. ![]()
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