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""Dazzling . . . Not just a historical study but also a love letter."" --Guardian ""An outstanding new account . . . The most compelling retelling we have had for generations."" --Financial Times ""Dalrymple's writing is always animated, enlivened by color plates that allow readers to readily envision the sights evoked here. A passionate tribute to the glories-and influence-of ancient India."" --Kirkus Reviews ""[A] magisterial and energetic account . . . This first-rate work is a must-read for any history lover."" --Publishers Weekly ""Marvelous."" --California Review of Books ""This enchanting work of ancient history offers an important backdrop to understanding contemporary India.... The book might be considered a riposte to both right-wing and left-wing historiography in India; right-wing historians make fantastic claims that cloak India's real and substantial achievements, while those on the left prioritize social history in a way that displaces intellectual achievement. Dalrymple finds another India in the past: open to trade, tolerant, scientific, creative, and universalist."" --Foreign Affairs ""Historian Dalrymple's comprehensive and meticulously researched examination of ancient India reveals momentous and ubiquitous influences.... When considered holistically, as Dalrymple does so well, it's clear that India's impacts cannot be understated and have shaped the world for thousands of years."" --Library Journal

""Dazzling . . . Not just a historical study but also a love letter."" --Guardian ""An outstanding new account . . . The most compelling retelling we have had for generations."" --Financial Times ""Superb . . . A vivid and richly detailed story . . . worth reading by everyone."" --The New York Times Book Review on THE ANARCHY ""A great story told in fabulous detail with interesting, if at times utterly rapacious or incompetent, characters populating it."" --NPR on THE ANARCHY ""Rampaging, brilliant, passionate . . . Mr. Dalrymple gives us every sword-slash, every scam, every groan and battle cry. He has no rival as a narrative historian of the British in India."" --The Wall Street Journal on THE ANARCHY

"""Superb . . . A vivid and richly detailed story . . . worth reading by everyone."" --The New York Times Book Review on THE ANARCHY ""A great story told in fabulous detail with interesting, if at times utterly rapacious or incompetent, characters populating it."" --NPR on THE ANARCHY ""Rampaging, brilliant, passionate . . . Mr. Dalrymple gives us every sword-slash, every scam, every groan and battle cry. He has no rival as a narrative historian of the British in India."" --The Wall Street Journal on THE ANARCHY"

""Superb . . . A vivid and richly detailed story . . . worth reading by everyone."" --The New York Times Book Review on THE ANARCHY ""A great story told in fabulous detail with interesting, if at times utterly rapacious or incompetent, characters populating it."" --NPR on THE ANARCHY ""Rampaging, brilliant, passionate . . . Mr. Dalrymple gives us every sword-slash, every scam, every groan and battle cry. He has no rival as a narrative historian of the British in India."" --The Wall Street Journal on THE ANARCHY

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William Dalrymple is the bestselling author of nine books, including the Duff Cooper Prize-winning The Last Mughal, the Hemingway and Kapuscinski Prize-winning Return of a King, and, most recently, The Anarchy, a finalist for the Cundill History Prize and one of Barack Obama's favorite books of 2019. A frequent broadcaster, he has written and presented three television series, in addition to writing regularly for the New Yorker, the New York Review of Books, and the Guardian. In 2018, he was presented with the British Academy's prestigious President's Medal for his outstanding literary achievement and for co-founding the Jaipur Literature Festival. Dalrymple currently cohosts the podcast Empire with Anita Anand. He lives with his wife and three children on a goat farm outside Delhi.

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