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Victoria and Abdul: The True Story of the Queen's Closest Confidant

Shrabani Basu
The tall, handsome Abdul Karim was just twenty-four years old when he arrived in England from Agra to wait at tables during Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. An assistant clerk at Agra Central Jail, he suddenly found himself a personal attendant to the Empress of India herself. Within a year, he was established as a powerful figure at court, becoming the queen's teacher, or Munshi, and instructing her in Urdu and Indian affairs. Devastated by the death of John Brown, her Scottish gillie, the quee...

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History Press

ISBN:

9780752453644

Год издания:

2010

Язык:

Английский

Hardcover, 223 pages

Published April 1st 2010 by History Press (SC)

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