Overview
On 29 November 1933, Amarenda Pandey was waiting on a crowded Calcutta railway platform when he felt a sharp prick in his arm. Eight days later, he was dead and a manhunt had begun for his assassin. The details of case were so diabolical that they made headlines from London to Sydney and New York. With elements of biological warfare, illicit sex and contested wealth, the murder was reminiscent of the days of the Borgias, according to one newspaper. In The Prince and the Poisoner, Dan Morrison uncovers the gruesome tale of two warring brothers set amidst the febrile atmosphere of Jazz Age India. It is the story of a city and an empire resting blindly on the cusp of cataclysmic change, a moment when centuries-old assumptions and expressions of power are about to be forever scrambled for Indians and Englishmen alike. AUTHOR: Dan Morrison is a regular contributor to The New York Times, Guardian, BBC News and the San Francisco Chronicle. He is the author of The Black Nile (Viking US, 2010), an account of his voyage from Lake Victoria to Rosetta, through Uganda, Sudan and Egypt. Having lived in India for five years, he currently splits his time between his native Brooklyn, Ireland and Chennai. 20 b/w illustrations
Full Product Details
Author: Dan Morrison
Publisher: The History Press Ltd
Imprint: The History Press Ltd
ISBN: 9780750999588
ISBN 10: 0750999586
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 14 March 2024
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
‘Blood on blood: There’s no murder like brother murder, and there’s no place like 1930s Calcutta. In The Prince and the Poisoner, Dan Morrison brings to life one of the most fascinating murders of the past hundred years . . . And the prose? It’s as sharp as a poison needle and almost as deadly.’ ELLIS HENICAN, New York Times bestselling author ‘Plagues and poisoners, freedom and ferment in 1930s Calcutta: this pacy, absolutely gripping historical thriller is a gift to all true crime fans.’ NILANJANA ROY, author of Black River ‘The Prince and the Poisoner charges along at a galloping pace . . . Morrison has achieved that rare success: a work of historical nonfiction that reads like a thriller.’ NINA SIEGAL, author of The Diary Keepers
Author Information
DAN MORRISON is a regular contributor to The New York Times, Guardian, BBC News and the San Francisco Chronicle. He is the author of The Black Nile (Viking US, 2010), an account of his voyage from Lake Victoria to Rosetta, through Uganda, Sudan and Egypt. Having lived in India for five years, he currently splits his time between his native Brooklyn, Ireland and Chennai.
