New Releases by William Dalrymple

蒙兀兒帝國的衰落，恰逢印度與歐洲人緊張局勢加劇， 最終引發一場血腥叛亂。 對達爾林普來說，這只是一場「起義」。 透過聚焦於札法爾國王這個人物， 講述了這場動盪而複雜的政治、文化與宗教衝突的故事。 ▏榮獲達夫庫柏歷史與傳記獎（Duff Cooper Memorial Prize） ▏入圍山繆強森書獎（Samuel Johnson Prize）候選名單 ▏書評網站Goodreads 8,255人4.2顆星高度評價 ▏收錄逾60幅精緻彩圖 要了解印度與大英帝國，不可不讀。——《每日電訊報》 一八六二年十一月一個霧濛濛的下午，仰光，一具裹著屍布的屍體在一小隊英國士兵的護送下，被送到了監獄圍牆內的一座無名墳墓中。正如負責的英國專員所言，「不會有蛛絲馬跡可讓人認出末代蒙兀兒皇帝的長眠之處。」 最後一位蒙兀兒皇帝巴哈杜爾．沙．札法爾二世是位神祕主義者、造詣深厚的詩人和技藝精湛的書法家。儘管其先祖控制了印度的絕大部分地區，但年邁的他卻只是名義上的國王。儘管被東印度公司剝奪了實際政治權力，他依然創造了一個無與倫比的輝煌宮廷，並引發了現代印度歷史上或許是最偉大的文學復興。 一八五七年，札法爾批准自己的印度軍隊發動叛亂，從而將一場軍事叛亂發展成為十九世紀任何帝國所面臨的最大起義。德里圍城戰，是英國統治印度期間的史達林格勒攻防戰，雙方拚死搏鬥，哪一方都不能退；更是英帝國史上最恐怖的事件之一，雙方都有數千人喪生。當英國人占領這座城市，並在接續的九十年中控制了次大陸後，數萬名印度人被處決，其中包括札法爾的三個兒子。經過四個月的圍困，曾是文化輝煌、文人薈萃的德里，淪為杳無人煙的廢墟。札法爾被判流放到緬甸，最後在那裡去世。而他是可追溯至十六世紀的蒙兀兒王朝的最後一位統治者。 獲獎無數的歷史學家威廉‧達爾林普爾根據開創性的、以前未被發現的烏爾都語和波斯語手稿，對此一決定性事件過程進行了有力的複述，這些手稿包括印度目擊者的陳述，以及德里圍城期間法院、警察和行政部門的紀錄。《印度末代帝國：1857年德里戰役揭開蒙兀兒王朝的覆滅》是一部啟示性的作品，首次從印度視角呈現德里陷落，其核心內容既包括札法爾所描繪的耀眼首都，也包括那些悲慘地捲入歷史上最血腥動亂的個人故事。 這是部令人震驚的血腥十九世紀印度及末代蒙兀兒王朝統治時期的歷史。 國內外專家、媒體一致推薦（按筆畫數排列） Seayu│《即食歷史》部落客、歷史普及作家 方天賜│國立清華大學印度中心副主任、臺灣印度研究協會理事長 江懷哲│作家 柯睿信│「歷史說書人History Storyteller」主編 黃偉雯│國立聯合大學通識中心老師、作家 黃哲翰│轉角國際專欄作家 蔣竹山│中央大學歷史所教授兼文學院學士班主任 蔡依橙│「陪你看國際新聞」創辦人 蔡蔚群│北一女歷史科教師 謝金魚│作家

The internationally bestselling author of The Anarchy returns with a sparkling, soaring history of ideas, tracing South Asia''s under-recognized role in producing the world as we know it. For a millennium and a half, India was a confident exporter of its diverse civilization, creating around it a vast empire of ideas. Indian art, religions, technology, astronomy, music, dance, literature, mathematics and mythology blazed a trail across the world, along a Golden Road that stretched from the Red Sea to the Pacific. In The Golden Road, William Dalrymple draws from a lifetime of scholarship to highlight India''s oft-forgotten position as the heart of ancient Eurasia. For the first time, he gives a name to this spread of Indian ideas that transformed the world. From the largest Hindu temple in the world at Angkor Wat to the Buddhism of China, from the trade that helped fund the Roman Empire to the creation of the numerals we use today (including zero), India transformed the culture and technology of its ancient world – and our world today as we know it.

西方在東方最大的帝國災難 任何外國勢力扶植在地王權的企圖終將落敗 威廉‧達爾林普繼《大亂局》後又一作品 英屬東印度公司二十年來發起最大的軍事行動計畫 進入阿富汗扶植杜蘭尼王朝後代沙．舒亞 對照近年阿富汗戰爭歷史不過是再次重演 ｜亞馬遜編輯精選最佳歷史類作品｜ ｜榮獲2015年海明威獎、Ryszard Kapuściński獎｜ ｜入圍2013年貝利吉福德非虛構寫作獎（Baillie Gifford Prize）決選名單、達夫．庫珀獎、赫塞爾－蒂爾特曼獎最後名單｜ 屢獲殊榮的歷史學家、記者和旅行作家威廉．達爾林普（William Dalrymple），巧妙地再次敘述西方在東方最大的帝國災難，一個關於新殖民主義野心、愚蠢和傲慢的寓言，對當今的時代具有重要的意義。 達爾林普利用來自阿富汗、巴基斯坦、俄羅斯和印度檔案館一系列新發現的以前未翻譯的阿富汗史詩詩歌和傳記，提供了一部關於1839年英國對阿富汗遙遠王國的壯麗第一次戰役，入侵這個遙遠王國，迄今最直接和全面的報告。 由紅色斗篷和羽毛帽子的槍騎兵領導，將近兩萬名英國和英屬印度公司的部隊，幾乎沒有遇上阻力，從印度的山口湧入阿富汗，以重新確立沙．舒亞．馬爾克（Shah Shuja ul-Mulk）的王位，並作為他們的傀儡。但僅僅過了兩年多一點，阿富汗人響應了聖戰的號召，整個國家爆發了叛亂。這場第一次英阿戰爭，當時世界上最強大軍事國家的一整支軍隊在積雪覆蓋的山口被裝備簡單的阿富汗部落戰士埋伏和摧毀而告終。最後，只有一名英國人逃脫。 達爾林普超越了這場臭名昭著戰役的基本輪廓，並以深刻、平衡的洞察力闡明，西方首次與阿富汗的災難性糾纏與當今情況之間有著驚異的相似之處。這本書既是第一次英阿戰爭的權威分析，也是一部極具時代意義的作品。 名人推薦 Seayu｜即食歷史網站負責人、《奇怪歷史知識增加了！》作者、大眾歷史作家 江懷哲｜作家 孟買春秋喬伊斯｜作家 陳立樵｜輔仁大學歷史學系副教授 陳國棟｜中研院史語所研究員 羅國暉｜台北大學歷史學系助理教授 各界好評 「華語世界中，有關大英帝國於阿富汗歷史之研究，可謂寥寥可數，因此本書之翻譯實在是一大貢獻。作者威廉‧達爾林將英國東印度公司在內亞擴張的脈絡，有條不紊地組織起來，可以說是一部不可多得的英國軍事史著作。作者在創作過程中，親自前往阿富汗首都喀布爾的檔案館和圖書館蒐集大量珍貴的史料。本書使大眾以嶄新的視角了解十九世紀第一次英國－阿富汗戰爭期間所發生的不為人知故事，值得讀者細心品味。」 －－－國立臺北大學歷史系助理教授羅國暉博士 「達爾林普是一位細心的歷史學家和寫作得心應手的作家，同時也是一位深思熟慮的思想家。這是一本對於理解今天和過去的阿富汗和英國都至關重要的歷史書籍。」——《星期日先驅報》羅斯瑪麗．戈林（Rosemary Goring） 「絕不言遲……作者的深入研究為故事的幾乎每個方面提供了全新的觀點。達爾林普先生是一位技藝嫻熟的故事大師，填補了重要的空白，挖掘了新的資源……達爾林普的文字狡黠、迷人且聰明。他的歷史讀起來像小說一樣。（他）的書令人愉悅又震驚。」——《華爾街日報》麥克．法瑟斯（Michael Fathers） 「所謂第一次英阿戰爭中的英國羞辱……以前已經被多次提及，但也許從來沒有像達爾林普那樣好過……這是一個引人入勝且寫得精美的故事，描述了一場無法控制的人口的毀滅性努力。」——《書目》 「輪番上演的史詩、驚險和極其可怕，既深入研究又寫得精美，《王者歸程》應該贏得一切可能的獎項。然而，威廉．達爾林普不僅僅是寫了一部出色的歷史作品；在這些頁面中，他還為西方最近和類似災難性的入侵阿富汗的軍事行動擺放了一面遙遠的鏡子……一個宏偉而震驚的故事……很難對《王者歸程》的每一個細節公正地做出評價，這些細節都得到了平衡、生動的描寫和豐富的學術研究的支持。」——《書論》麥克．德爾達（Michael Dirda） 「《王者歸程》為更廣大的公眾帶來了新的見解，並延伸了以前的見解……達爾林普讓行動無情而引人入勝地展開，但卻具有高度學術水準的章節、術語解釋、書目和索引……作者對阿富汗人的關注意味著當地人成為真實的人物，而不僅僅是符號……達爾林普對歷史項目的承諾如此明確，他的寫作如此吸引人。」——《泰晤士文學補遺》伊麗莎白．蓋根特（Elizabeth Gaigent） 「這是一部精彩的歷史作品……隨著阿富汗最新的佔領部隊協商撤離，這部紀事書現在顯得格外重要……這項工作的重要成就在於，它使一場將近兩個世紀前的戰爭顯得令人不安地新鮮。這讓人讀起來令人沮喪。像當前在阿富汗的冒險一樣，這場第一次入侵也是由於佔領的不可持續成本、政治和公眾興趣的衰落以及需要轉移資源而失敗的……達爾林普先生的書及時提醒了戰爭可以開始時充滿希望，但最終以恥辱結束的方式。」 ——《經濟學人》 「（阿富汗的）傳奇已經被多次講述，但我記不起有誰能像達爾林普那樣講得那麼好。他是一位故事大師，他的特殊天賦在於利用原住民資源，這在帝國編年史家中往往被忽略……達爾林普的出色敘述幾乎每一頁都回盪著後世的回聲。」 ——《泰晤士報》馬克斯．黑斯廷斯（Max Hastings） 「《王者歸程》展現了我們對達爾林普的期望：清晰、流暢的散文，能夠使複雜的歷史事件具有形狀、故事和意義，使用新的本地資源讓人民的聲音……與入侵者更好地記錄的帳目並列，對蒙兀兒王朝及其各種模仿者的豐富文化深入了解和喜愛，以及對『驕傲的普什圖人』或『高貴的阿富汗人』煩人的東方主義視野缺乏耐心。這是一本清醒、不帶偏見、謹慎的歷史，敘述得非常美妙。」——《觀察家報》傑森．伯克（Jason Burke） 「達爾林普在他閃閃發光的新作中，闡述了第一次英阿戰爭（1839-42年）和北約當前阿富汗僵局之間的醒目相似之處……遺憾的是，達爾林普的這本書——幾乎50年來對這場戰爭的第一次認真研究，也是英語中唯一使用了大量阿富汗資料的歷史——在2001年並不可用……這本書廣泛研究（有很多新材料）並且寫得很美，從侵略者和被侵略者的角度講述了這個故事，是迄今為止最全面的這場衝突的歷史。它也就戰爭及其發生原因說出了重要的事情。」——《每日電訊報》索爾．大衛（Saul David） 「壯觀……（《王者歸程》）是1839年英國入侵阿富汗的歷史，這是那些需要有很強胃的人近距離檢視的歷史片段之一，因此也需要最徹底的調查。達爾林普敘述天賦的誘人藝術吸引讀者參與有時幾乎不堪忍受的事件，但他的敘述是如此敏銳和如此溫暖人心，以至於我們永遠不會被誘惑離開......即使它不是一本獨特有價值的歷史書，這本書也會讓人欲罷不能。」 ——《衛報》戴安娜．阿西爾（Diana Athill） 「在達爾林普一貫愉快的歷史敘述風格中，應用於一系列引人入勝、整潔而極具暗示性的事件，這部冗長而複雜的書將取得巨大成功，並將這個著名故事帶給一個龐大的新觀眾。」——《觀察家》菲利普．亨舍爾（Philip Hensher） 「這是典型的達爾林普：快節奏的歷史敘述，經過精心研究……讀這本精彩的歷史，我唯一的遺憾是它沒有在十年前出版。」——《晚間標準報》賈斯汀．馬羅茲（Justin Marozzi） 「（一本）了不起的書……精彩、精確的語言……達爾林普的優秀之處在於他的書中有許多具有當代共鳴的內容。」——《星期日先驅報》休．麥克唐納（Hugh MacDonald） 「威廉．達爾林普是一位大師級故事手，他為1839年至1842年的第一次英阿戰爭中的歷史人物注入了如此激情、活力和生動的形象，以至於在567頁書的末尾，你會感覺自己曾與他們一起行軍、戰鬥、進餐和密謀……《王者歸程》不僅是對19世紀早期英國軍事史的生動和極富識字水平的重述，而且是一次決心試圖影響我們現代世界的政治家和政策制定者的嘗試……正是由於達爾林普在書中對細節、景觀和帝國之間的宏偉競爭的掌握，他贏得了我們的信任並保持了我們的興趣。」——《獨立報》巴納比．羅格森（Barnaby Rogerson） 「很少有作家能在一個充滿如此多反派、流氓、懦夫、劍客、間諜、刺客和英雄的故事中做得比威廉．達爾林普在這本扣人心弦、極具感染力的《王者歸程》中更好。」——《星期日郵報》詹姆斯．德林波爾（James Delingpole） 「複雜而非凡......和一部偉大小說一樣緊湊而豐富。……這本書是精細寫作和研究的傑作，也是一個關於一場維多利亞時期轉折性衝突的激動人心的記述。」——《星期日電訊報》魯珀特．艾迪斯（Rupert Edis） 「出色得令人震撼……達爾林普寫的是很少有歷史學家能媲美的那種歷史。當然，他們都可以增加一兩個關於我們對過去知識的註釋，但有多少人真正改變了我們對它的整體看法呢？……這是一個真正史詩般的帝國野心和自大的故事，對我們當今的時代有著深刻的啟示。與此相比——19世紀英國最大的軍事失敗——卡斯特的最後一戰只是一場微不足道的小衝突。我懷疑我在今年內會讀到一本寫得更好、更重要的歷史書。」——《蘇格蘭人報》大衛．羅賓遜（David Robinson） 「（一本）出色的新書……希望任何未來考慮干預阿富汗或穆斯林世界其他地區的英國領導人都能閱讀達爾林普的書。因為雖然它首先是對阿富汗和英屬印度歷史的寶貴貢獻，但也旨在比較並傳達有關該地區最新西方參與的類似之處和教訓。」——《金融時報》安納托爾．利芬（Anatol Lieven） 「一個迷人的敘述……第一次英阿戰爭和1842年從喀布爾撤退的故事已經被多次講述。但達爾林普做得更好；他花了多年時間在德里、拉合爾、倫敦和其他地方拼湊檔案資料。他在喀布爾的街頭遊蕩，尋找並找到了有關衝突的阿富汗史詩詩句的痕跡。他的許多資料來源以前從未被其他西方作家觸及，而且和他以前的書一樣，他生動的散文令人愉悅。……達爾林普是一位傑出的敘述者......所使用的新資料範圍為已經很複雜的歷史增添了更多的深度，但他巧妙地在英國、阿富汗、印度和俄羅斯的資料來源之間航行而不失其主題。……這是一本寶石般的書，也是一個令人著迷的故事。」——《都柏林評論》愛德華．伯克（Edward Burke） 「這是一本極其重要的書……作為一位值得稱道的歷史學家，達爾林普發現了迄今未知的資料來源……這是應該被這樣寫的歷史：修正主義、易讀且令人愉快。」——《時尚圈》塞巴斯蒂安．莎士比亞（Sebastian Shakespeare） 「威廉．達爾林普具有三種非凡的才能。首先，他是一位優秀的研究人員。其次，他具有歷史學家的洞察力。第三，作為一位極具靈巧的作家，他能夠使歷史研究變得非常易讀。故事被以圖像細節的方式講述，但它像電影劇本一樣透過主要角色的生活展開——他們的個性、個人怪癖、動機和家庭背景被描繪出來，使他們成為與讀者旅程同行的活生生的人物。以這種方式講述乾燥的歷史事實並不容易，但達爾林普——正如他對所有歷史書籍所做的那樣——親自前往主要場地，重訪戰鬥、堡壘、宮殿、城鎮和普通住宅的地點，並與許多人交談，以捕捉他正在寫作的時代的風情。此外，他在俄羅斯、烏爾都語和波斯語中找到了重要的新材料，並首次使用了九本先前未翻譯的完整衝突記錄，包括關鍵的阿富汗國王沙赫舒賈的自傳。」——《商業標準報》帕萬．K．瓦爾馬（Pavan K Varma） 「把它稱為不是一個勝利是低估了它。」——《星期日印度人報》蘇拉布．庫馬爾．夏希（Saurabh Kumar Shahi） 「東印度四部曲」介紹 東印度四部曲的時代橫跨十六至十九世紀，圍繞在大英帝國與東印度的蒙兀兒帝國、孟加拉、阿富汗地區強權間的明爭暗鬥。描繪三百年間大英帝國為了增加遠東勢力，屢受挑戰地攪入各懷鬼胎的東印度大地，內容生動，情節高潮迭起。 《大亂局：東印度公司、企業暴力與帝國侵略》（2024年1月出版） 《王者歸程：「大博弈」下的阿富汗，與第一次英阿戰爭》（2024年8月出版） 《白蒙兀兒人》（即將出版） 《最後的蒙兀兒人》（即將出版）

This book presents the answer by the Archbishops of the Church of England to a letter from Pope Leo XIII regarding English Ordinations addressed to the whole body of bishops of the Catholic Church. The response expresses the belief of the English Church, espousing a commitment to scriptural validity and contests the authority, structure, and beliefs of the Catholic Church at large. An important piece of historical and theological literature, this work offers insight into the schism of the Christian faith in England and the Catholic Church during this period. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Na Primavera de 1839, o Reino Unido invadiu o Afeganistão pela primeira vez. Aproximadamente 20.000 soldados submeteram o país e repuseram Shah Shuja ul-Mulk no trono. Mas, passados dois anos da ocupação, o povo afegão aderiu à chamada para a jihad e rebelou-se com grande violência. As tropas britânicas recuaram para as montanhas enfrentando ventos gelados e foram derrotados pelas tribos afegãs – foi a maior humilhação militar britânica do século XIX. Recorrendo a uma série de fontes históricas afegãs e indianas esquecidas, a magistral narração de William Dalrymple do maior desastre imperial britânico é uma poderosa parábola da ambição colonial e de choque cultural, de loucura e de húbris. O Regresso de um Rei é história na sua forma mais urgente e importante.

È ormai chiaro che lo strapotere delle grandi multinazionali, capace di condizionare la vita politica, le scelte economiche, i flussi informativi, costituisce un rischio per le odierne democrazie liberali. Ma il fenomeno è tutt’altro che nuovo. Circa quattrocento anni fa un’audace start-up londinese, dal suo piccolo ufficio nel cuore della City, si lanciò, letteralmente, alla conquista del mondo. La Compagnia Britannica delle Indie Orientali, una delle prime Società per Azioni, avviò l’attività con trentacinque dipendenti e una patente regia che le consentiva di «muovere guerra». Duecento anni più tardi, gli immensi profitti del commercio con le Indie – e un uso spregiudicato della forza e della diplomazia – l’avevano resa più ricca, potente e bellicosa della nazione in cui era nata: disponeva di uno dei più grandi e moderni eserciti permanenti al mondo, e controllava sconfinati territori, governati al di fuori di ogni legittimazione democratica e costituzionale. Inevitabilmente, il suo potere si insinuò anche in patria, rischiando di minarne gli ancor giovani princìpi democratici con la corruzione, i conflitti di interesse, il traffico di influenze. Con l’assoluto rigore storico e la maestria narrativa che lo caratterizzano, William Dalrymple ci racconta in questo libro l’ascesa inarrestabile della Compagnia delle Indie Orientali, ricostruendone la vicenda a partire da documenti originali e fonti bibliografiche inusitate e rare – e mostrando a quali estremi è potuto arrivare in passato il dominio incontrollato di una gigantesca corporation.

En 1765, l''East India Company (Compagnie anglaise des Indes orientales) force le jeune empereur moghol à établir une nouvelle administration dans ses riches provinces. Cette administration, composée de marchands anglais, s''appuie sur une armée privée pour collecter des taxes : l''Inde subit une véritable privatisation. L''East India Company cesse d''être une entreprise conventionnelle, spécialisée dans la soie et les épices, pour devenir un pouvoir colonial agressif, qui étend son emprise sous le couvert d''une activité commerciale. En moins de quarante ans, la Compagnie lève une armée de près de 200 000 hommes, conquiert le Bengale et finalement, en 1803, la capitale moghole de Delhi. Anarchie raconte comment l''un des plus puissants empires du monde s''est désintégré, tombant entre les mains d''une compagnie privée basée à des milliers de kilomètres. Dès lors, à la fin du XVIIIe siècle, l''East India Company a exercé une domination coloniale préfigurant d''une certaine façon l''exorbitant pouvoir des multinationales actuelles.

''Gorgeous, spellbinding and important'' Sunday Times ''Rampaging, brilliant, passionate history'' Wall Street Journal ''Magnificent ... Dalrymple has uncovered sources never used before'' Guardian ''Vivid ... unmatched ... revolutionary ... humane'' Sunday Telegraph ____________________________ From multi-award-winning and bestselling historian William Dalrymple, a four-book collection chronicling the extraordinary story of the rise and fall of the East India Company. We still talk about the British conquering India, but that phrase disguises a much more sinister reality. For it was not the British government that began seizing chunks of India in the mid-eighteenth century, but a dangerously unregulated private company headquartered in one small office, five windows wide, in the city of London. Bringing together two decades of meticulous research and masterful narration, ''The Company Quartet'' tells the remarkable story of how the Mughal empire, which then generated just under half the world''s wealth, disintegrated and came to be replaced by the first global corporate power: the East India Company. William Dalrymple''s epic, bestselling and multi-award-winning histories are now available in this magnificent paperback box set, presented in a stylish slipcase. Comprised of four individual books – The Anarchy, White Mughals, Return of a King and The Last Mughal – this essential collection spans over two hundred years of tumultuous colonial history, covert political machinations and bloody resistance. PRIZES & AWARDS: Winner of the Wolfson Prize for History Winner of the Duff Cooper Memorial Prize Winner of the Hemingway Prize Winner of the Ryzard Kapuscinski Prize Winner of the Vodafone/Crossword Book award Winner of the Scottish Book of the Year Prize Winner of the Arthur Ross Medal of the Council on Foreign Relations. Three times longlisted and once shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Winner of the Sykes Medal of the Royal Asiatic Society Winner of the President''s Medal of the British Academy Finalist for the Cundil Prize for History

En 1765, la Compañía de las Indias Orientales derrocó al joven emperador mogol y puso en su lugar un gobierno controlado por mercaderes ingleses que extorsionaba impuestos merced a su ejército privado. Fue este el momento que señaló la transformación de la Compañía de las Indias Orientales en algo muy distinto a una empresa: una corporación internacional pasó a ser un agresivo poder colonial. Durante el siguiente medio siglo, la Compañía continuó extendiendo su poder hasta que prácticamente toda la India al sur de Delhi era controlada desde un despacho londinense. William Dalrymple, autor del aclamado El retorno de un rey, cuenta en La anarquía. La Compañía de las Indias orientales y el expolio de la India cómo el Imperio mogol, que había dominado el comercio y la manufactura mundiales, y que poseía recursos casi ilimitados, se derrumbó y fue reemplazado por una corporación multinacional enclavada a miles de kilómetros al otro lado del mundo. Una corporación que respondía a unos accionistas que jamás habían estado en la India y que no tenían la menor idea del país cuya riqueza les reportaba jugosos dividendos. A partir de fuentes inéditas, Dalrymple narra la historia de la Compañía de las Indias Orientales como nunca se ha hecho: una historia sobre los devastadores resultados que puede tener el abuso de poder por parte de una gran corporación, y que resuena amenazadoramente familiar en nuestro siglo XXI de todopoderosas empresas transnacionales.

How are great turning points in history experienced by individuals? As Britain pulls away from Europe great British writers come together to give voice to their innermost feelings. These writers include novelists, writers of books for children, of comic books, humourists, historians, biographers, nature writers, film writers, travel writers, writers young and old and from an extraordinary range of backgrounds. Most are famous perhaps because they have won the Booker or other literary prizes, written bestsellers, changed the face of popular culture or sold millions of records. Others are not yet household names but write with depth of insight and feeling. There is some extraordinary writing in this book. Some of these pieces are expressions of love of particular places in Europe. Some are true stories, some nostalgic, some hopeful. Some are cries of pain. There are hilarious pieces. There are cries of pain and regret. Some pieces are quietly devastating. All are passionate. Conceived as a love letter to Europe, this book may also help reawaken love for Britain. It shows the unique richness and diversity of British cultures, a multitude of voices in harmony. Contributors include: Hugh Aldersey-Williams, Philip Ardagh, Jake Arnott, Patricia Atkinson, Paul Atterbury, Richard Beard, Mary Beard, Don Boyd, Melvyn Bragg, Gyles Brandreth, Kathleen Burke, James Buxton, Philip Carr, Brian Catling, Shami Chakrabarti, Chris Cleave, Mark Cocker, Peter Conradi , Heather Cooper, Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Roger Crowley, David Crystal, William Dalrymple, Lindsey Davies, Margaret Drabble, Mark Ellen, Richard Evans, Michel Faber, Sebastian Faulks, Ranulph Fiennes, Robert Fox, James Fox, Neil Gaiman, Evelyn Glennie, James Hanning, Nick Hayes, Alan Hollinghurst, Gabby Hutchinson-Crouch, Will Hutton, Robert Irwin, Holly Johnson , Liane Jones, Ruth Jones, Sam Jordison, Kapka Kassabova, AL Kennedy, Hermione Lee, Prue Leith, Patrick Lenox, Roger Lewis, David Lindo, Penelope Lively, Beth Lync, Richard Mabey, Sue MacGregor, Ian Martin, Frank McDonough, Jonathan Meades, Andrew Miller, Deborah Moggach, Ben Moor, Alan Moore, Paul Morley, Jackie Morris, Charles Nicholl, Richard Overy, Chris Riddell, Adam Roberts, Tony Robinson, Lee Rourke, Sophie Sabbage, Marcus Sedgwick, Richard Shirreff, Paul Stanford, Isy Suttie, Sandi Toksvig, Colin Tudge, Ed Vulliamy, Anna Whitelock, Kate Williams, Michael Wood, Louisa Young

THE TOP 5 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ONE OF BARACK OBAMA''S BEST BOOKS OF 2019 THE TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR FINALIST FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2020 LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2019 A FINANCIAL TIMES, OBSERVER, DAILY TELEGRAPH, WALL STREET JOURNAL AND TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR ''Dalrymple is a superb historian with a visceral understanding of India ... A book of beauty'' – Gerard DeGroot, The Times In August 1765 the East India Company defeated the young Mughal emperor and forced him to establish a new administration in his richest provinces. Run by English merchants who collected taxes using a ruthless private army, this new regime saw the East India Company transform itself from an international trading corporation into something much more unusual: an aggressive colonial power in the guise of a multinational business. William Dalrymple tells the remarkable story of the East India Company as it has never been told before, unfolding a timely cautionary tale of the first global corporate power.

Tra le storie più affascinanti di sempre merita senza dubbio un posto quella del Koh-i-Nur, il diamante dal valore stimato «in due giorni e mezzo di cibo per il mondo intero», la gemma portentosa contesa nel corso dei secoli da un numero impressionante di re, conquistatori, principi, razziatori, ladri e imperatori, le cui morti truculente ne alimentarono la fama di pietra maledetta: accecati, avvelenati, torturati, bruciati nell’olio bollente, ‘incoronati’ con il piombo fuso o uccisi dai familiari. Nel riscrivere questa storia, William Dalrymple e Anita Anand la sottraggono alle brume del mito e la ricostruiscono meticolosamente a partire dalle fonti originali (persiane, afghane, urdu, in parte tradotte per la prima volta), offrendoci così un libro non meno rigoroso che avvincente. E mostrandoci, tra l’altro, come la ‘maledizione’ non abbia nulla di soprannaturale, ma sia la concreta manifestazione della cupidigia e della furia omicida che questo gioiello inestimabile ha suscitato, storicamente, in tutti coloro che lo hanno bramato. E quando il Koh-i-Nur trovò in Inghilterra «la sua dimora definitiva», lo seguì il suo ultimo proprietario indiano, Duleep Singh, che nacque sovrano del più potente regno dell’India e morì, abbandonato da tutti, in un hotel di Parigi, mentre la gemma che un tempo aveva fieramente indossato faceva bella mostra di sé sulla corona della regina Vittoria.

As the East India Company extended its sway across India in the late eighteenth century, many remarkable artworks were commissioned by Company officials from Indian painters who had previously worked for the Mughals. Published to coincide with the first UK exhibition of these masterworks at The Wallace Collection, this book celebrates the work of a series of extraordinary Indian artists, each with their own style and tastes and agency, all of whom worked for British patrons between the 1770s and the bloody end of the Mughal rule in 1857. Edited by writer and historian William Dalrymple, these hybrid paintings explore both the beauty of the Indian natural world and the social realities of the time in one hundred masterpieces, often of astonishing brilliance and originality. They shed light on a forgotten moment in Anglo-Indian history during which Indian artists responded to European influences while keeping intact their own artistic visions and styles. These artists represent the last phase of Indian artistic genius before the onset of the twin assaults - photography and the influence of western colonial art schools - ended an unbroken tradition of painting going back two thousand years. As these masterworks show, the greatest of these painters deserve to be remembered as among the most remarkable Indian artists of all time.

Τα βιβλία έχουν τις δικές τους ζωές, σαν τα παιδιά όταν µεγαλώνουν. Όταν κάνω αναγνώσεις, όλοι θέλουν να ακούσουν αποσπάσµατα από το Ταξίδι στη σκιά του Βυζαντίου , κάτι που δεν µου ζητούσαν πέντε ή δέκα χρόνια πριν. Υποτίθεται ότι είναι το καλύτερό µου βιβλίο – έτσι λένε. Από πολλές απόψεις δε είναι το λιγότερο εµπορικό µου βιβλίο. Έγιναν τόσα απρόοπτα στη διάρκεια του ταξιδιού: έτυχε να είναι η περίοδος που οι Τούρκοι πολεµούσαν τους Κούρδους και το PKK, στο Λίβανο είχε µόλις τελειώσει ο πόλεµος κι είχε αρχίσει η ανοικοδόµηση, στη Συρία περίµεναν να πεθάνει ο Άσαντ. Παντού συνέβαινε κάτι κι είχαν όλα σχέση µε τον χριστιανισµό, ήταν απίστευτες οι συγκυρίες. Από συνέντευξη του συγγραφέα στη Lifo Την άνοιξη του έτους 578 µ.Χ., αν καθόσουν σε έναν βράχο ψηλά πάνω από τη Βηθλεέµ, ίσως κατάφερνες να διακρίνεις δύο φιγούρες να προβάλλουν, µε τα ραβδιά τους στο χέρι, από την πύλη της µεγάλης µονής του Αγίου Θεοδοσίου στην έρηµο. Οι δυο τους θα κατευθύνονταν νοτιοδυτικά µέσα από την έρηµη γη της Ιουδαίας, προς το εξαιρετικά πλούσιο, κοσµοπολίτικο λιµάνι της Αλεξάνδρειας. Ήταν η αρχή ενός εκπληκτικού ταξιδιού που θα οδηγούσε τον Ιωάννη Μόσχο και τον µαθητή του, τον Σωφρόνιο τον Σοφιστή, σε µια πορεία κατά µήκος ολόκληρου του ανατολικού βυζαντινού κόσµου. Στόχος τους ήταν να συλλέξουν τη σοφία των πατέρων της ερήµου, των σοφών και των µυστών της βυζαντινής Ανατολής, προτού ο εύθραυστος κόσµος τους καταρρεύσει και εξαφανιστεί. Το αποτέλεσµα είναι το Λειµωνάριο , το βιβλίο που έχω µπροστά µου. Αν σήµερα, στη ?ύση, θεωρείται ένα µάλλον άγνωστο κείµενο, πριν από χίλια χρόνια ήταν ένα από τα πιο δηµοφιλή βιβλία ολόκληρης της σπουδαίας βυζαντινής γραµµατείας. […] Να τι ήθελα να κάνω: να περάσω έξι µήνες ταξιδεύοντας στην Ανατολική Μεσόγειο, ακολουθώντας χοντρικά την πορεία του Ιωάννη Μόσχου. Ξεκινώντας από το Άγιο Όρος και κατεβαίνοντας σταδιακά µέχρι τις κοπτικές µονές της Άνω Αιγύπτου, ήθελα να κάνω εκείνο που καµία µελλοντική γενιά ταξιδιωτών δεν θα είχε τη δυνατότητα να κάνει: να δω, όπου ήταν δυνατόν, ό,τι είχαν δει ο Μόσχος και ο Σωφρόνιος, να κοιµηθώ στις ίδιες µονές, να προσευχηθώ κάτω από τις ίδιες τοιχογραφίες και τα ψηφιδωτά, να ανακαλύψω ό,τι είχε αποµείνει και να διαπιστώσω ιδίοις όµµασι τις τελευταίες στιγµές από το λυκόφως του Βυζαντίου. ΕΓΡΑΨΑΝ ΓΙΑ ΤΟ ΒΙΒΛΙΟ Η θρηνωδία του Νταλρίµπλ για τον χριστιανισµό της Ανατολής συγκαταλέγεται στα σπουδαία σύγχρονα ταξιδιωτικά βιβλία, αντίστοιχο µε Η πορεία προς την Κωνσταντινούπολη του Πάτρικ Λη Φέρµορ. Scotsman

On 29 March 1849, the ten-year-old maharaja of Punjab was compelled to hand over great riches to the British, including perhaps the single most valuable object on the subcontinent: the celebrated Koh-i-Noor diamond, the Mountain of Light. The history of the Koh-i-Noor that was then commissioned by the British may have been one woven together from gossip of Delhi bazaars, but it was to be become the accepted version. Only now is it finally challenged, freeing the diamond from the fog of mythology that has clung to it for so long. The resulting history is one of greed, murder, torture, colonialism and appropriation told through an impressive slice of south and central Asian history. It ends with the jewel in its current controversial setting: in the crown of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.

The classic Anglican response to the declaration of the Anglican orders being declared "null and void" by Pope Leo XIII. This work shows the error in the Pope''s scholarship as expressed in Apostolicae curae. Anglicans, and especially Anglo-Catholics and Anglican Papalists, have long regarded Saepius Officio as their official response to the Papal bull, even if the response was never officially adopted by the Church of England or her daughter provinces.

Theodore Dalrymple pulls no punches when it comes to political correctness and culture... and why should he? These selected essays will stir and educate us on cultural relativism... Take for example the following quotes from the book: On Germaine Greer: ..".Gosh, the Aborigines were able to subdue Greer''s sense of self! There must be something to them after all..." On academics: "Humor, fearlessness, seriousness, and honesty: the qualities that are hated with an equal hatred by all the smelly little orthodoxies that are contending for tenure in the humanities departments of our universities." On political apologies: ..".nothing is easier - or more gratifying - than to apologise for what your ancestors, enemies or political opponents have done or omitted to do. We get the kudos for having apologised, they get the blame for what we apologise for." On bleeding heart warriors: "Compassionate fellow-feeling, however, can soon become self-indulgent and lead to spiritual pride. It imparts an inner glow, like a shot of whiskey on a cold day, but like whisky it can prevent the clear-headedness which we need at least as much as we need warmth of heart."

This riveting tale of the Kohinoor, the worldÕs most coveted gem, unearths fascinating new information as it moves from the Mughal court to Persia to Afghanistan; from Maharaja Ranjit Singh''s durbar in Punjab to the Queen of England''s Crown. A thrilling tale, full of violence, drama and intrigue.

Nel 1839 un''armata britannica di quasi ventimila uomini invade l’Afghanistan per insediare sul trono del paese un sovrano fantoccio, Shah Shuja, e contrastare così la temuta espansione russa in Asia Centrale: è l’inizio del Grande Gioco, la sanguinosa partita a scacchi tra potenze coloniali europee per il controllo della regione, immortalata da Kipling in "Kim". Ma è anche il primo fallimentare coinvolgimento militare dell''Occidente in Afghanistan. Meno di tre anni dopo, il jihad delle tribù afghane guidate dal re spodestato, Dost Mohammad, costringe gli inglesi a una caotica ritirata invernale attraverso i gelidi passi dell''Hindu Kush. Soltanto una manciata di uomini e donne sopravvivrà al freddo, alla fame, e ai micidiali jezail afghani. L''impero più potente al mondo era stato umiliato. Attingendo a fonti storiche in persiano, russo e urdu sino a oggi sconosciute – compresa l’autobiografia di Shah Shuja, la cui tragica figura rappresenta il vero fulcro del libro – nonché ai diari e alle lettere dei protagonisti inglesi dell''invasione, Dalrymple racconta una vicenda insieme drammatica e farsesca, popolata di personaggi affascinanti e crudeli, incompetenti e geniali, eroici e boriosi. E la racconta in maniera trascinante, senza tuttavia farci mai dimenticare quanto quegli eventi – le antiche rivalità tribali sullo sfondo di territori inaccessibili e inospitali, gli errori strategici che portarono al massacro dell''armata britannica – risuonino, ancora oggi, come un monito.

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Au printemps de 1839, les Anglais envahissent l’Afghanistan pour la première fois. C’est l’amorce du Grand Jeu, cette rivalité coloniale qui opposa en Asie centrale les empires russe et britannique. Précédés de lanciers en manteau écarlate et shako à plumes, près de vingt mille soldats des armées britanniques et de la Compagnie anglaise des Indes orientales se déversent par les passes de haute montagne afin de rétablir à Kaboul un roi déchu : Shah Shuja ul-Mulk. Les tribus afghanes, mal équipées, n’opposent d’abord que peu de résistance, mais deux années d’occupation suffisent à unifier le pays dans la colère. Les grands chefs de guerre afghans, dont la finesse et la culture peuvent s’allier à la plus grande cruauté, jurent que l’arrogance anglaise se paiera au prix fort – et la nation la plus puissante du monde va connaître en Afghanistan la pire déroute militaire de son histoire. En faisant entendre pour la première fois les chroniques afghanes de ce conflit, William Dalrymple parvient à lui donner un relief saisissant. On y découvre, en particulier, que les femmes des deux camps ont su jouer un rôle de tout premier ordre. Parabole de l’aveuglement impérialiste, Le Retour d’un roi est le récit magistral de la première guerre d’Afghanistan, et la démonstration que les stratèges de notre époque n’en ont tiré aucune leçon... « Délicieusement écrit » The Spectator « William Dalrymple est un maître conteur » The Independent « Brillant » The Financial Times « Un travail de grande érudition » The Times « Pour qui a le goût de l’échappée lointaine et aventureuse, William Dalrymple est un modèle. » (Le Figaro magazine) Historien et journaliste écossais, William Dalrymple parcourt l’Orient depuis une vingtaine d’années. Spécialisé dans la littérature de voyage, il est l’auteur de six livres parmi lesquels Le Moghol Blanc (Noir sur Blanc, 2005) qui a remporté, entre autres, le prestigieux Wolfson Prize for History. La Cité des Djinns (Noir sur Blanc, 2006) a reçu le Thomas Cook Travel Book Award. William Dalrymple est membre de la Royal Society of Literature et de la Royal Asiatic Society. Il vit avec sa femme et leur trois enfants entre l’Écosse, Londres et New Delhi.

An eminent historian looks to the present and future of Afghanistan as the U.S. withdraws from the longest war in its history. THE BROOKINGS ESSAY: In the spirit of its commitment to high-quality, independent research, the Brookings Institution has commissioned works on major topics of public policy by distinguished authors, including Brookings scholars. The Brookings Essay is a multi-platform product aimed to engage readers in open dialogue and debate. The views expressed, however, are solely those of the author. Available in ebook only.

A dazzling celebration of the art and artists of late-Mughal Delhi Between 1707 and 1857, Delhi was a hotbed of political intrigue and power struggles the Mughal Empire was on the decline and the British East India Company was emerging as a formidable power. In 1857, these tensions would culminate in the Mutiny that led to the end of Mughal dominion and the beginning of the British Raj. But this turbulent epoch also witnessed a burst of artistic innovation and experimentation. Delhis artists were increasingly employed by Company officials as well as the Mughal and regional courts, and thus became adept at improvising with a variety of techniques, creating traditional miniatures while continually experimenting with new European styles. Art historians are only now coming to recognize the richness and ingenuity of the work created in this period. With insightful essays by distinguished scholars, Princes and Painters is a stunning visual document of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Delhi.

From William Dalrymple—award-winning historian, journalist and travel writer—a masterly retelling of what was perhaps the West’s greatest imperial disaster in the East, and an important parable of neocolonial ambition, folly and hubris that has striking relevance to our own time. With access to newly discovered primary sources from archives in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Russia and India—including a series of previously untranslated Afghan epic poems and biographies—the author gives us the most immediate and comprehensive account yet of the spectacular first battle for Afghanistan: the British invasion of the remote kingdom in 1839. Led by lancers in scarlet cloaks and plumed helmets, and facing little resistance, nearly 20,000 British and East India Company troops poured through the mountain passes from India into Afghanistan in order to reestablish Shah Shuja ul-Mulk on the throne, and as their puppet. But after little more than two years, the Afghans rose in answer to the call for jihad and the country exploded into rebellion. This First Anglo-Afghan War ended with an entire army of what was then the most powerful military nation in the world ambushed and destroyed in snowbound mountain passes by simply equipped Afghan tribesmen. Only one British man made it through. But Dalrymple takes us beyond the bare outline of this infamous battle, and with penetrating, balanced insight illuminates the uncanny similarities between the West’s first disastrous entanglement with Afghanistan and the situation today. He delineates the straightforward facts: Shah Shuja and President Hamid Karzai share the same tribal heritage; the Shah’s principal opponents were the Ghilzai tribe, who today make up the bulk of the Taliban’s foot soldiers; the same cities garrisoned by the British are today garrisoned by foreign troops, attacked from the same rings of hills and high passes from which the British faced attack. Dalryrmple also makes clear the byzantine complexity of Afghanistan’s age-old tribal rivalries, the stranglehold they have on the politics of the nation and the ways in which they ensnared both the British in the nineteenth century and NATO forces in the twenty-first. Informed by the author’s decades-long firsthand knowledge of Afghanistan, and superbly shaped by his hallmark gifts as a narrative historian and his singular eye for the evocation of place and culture, The Return of a King is both the definitive analysis of the First Anglo-Afghan War and a work of stunning topicality.

Nativo dello Yorkshire e giunto in India a diciassette anni, William Dalrymple descrive con straordinario talento un percorso attraverso il subcontinente indiano che fa percepire tutti i sapori di un territorio immenso e variegato. Con In India lo scrittore anglosassone narra quattro anni trascorsi a pellegrinare per uno Stato che assomiglia a un universo parallelo: dalle fortezze dei signori della droga sulla frontiera nord-occidentale alle giungle delle Tigri Tamil, dai cocktail party di Bombay al Kerala del tempio dedicato alla dea Para Sakti, «colei che siede sul trono di cinque cadaveri». È il ritratto di un''India contraddittoria, sospesa tra tradizioni ataviche, modello occidentale e minaccia del caos: l''India dell''età di Kali, quella che precede la distruzione del mondo per mezzo del «fuoco di mille soli». Un racconto affascinante che ha conquistato il mondo.

A rich blend of history and spirituality, adventure and politics, laced with the thread of black comedy familiar to readers of William Dalrymple’s previous work.