False Allies: India`s Maharajahs in the Age of Ravi Varma

by Manu S Pillai

English 1 edition

WINNER OF THE SAHITYA AKADEMI YUVA PURASKAR MANU S. PILLAI From the bestselling author of The Ivory Throne and Rebel Sultans ‘[Pillai has] a knack for excavating incidents and figures forgotten by time.’ OPEN ‘One of the finest young historians of India.’ TIMES OF INDIA PRAISE FOR MANU S. PILLAI ‘If there’s one thing that we should credit historian-writer Manu S. Pillai with, it’s his knack for telling a good story.’ MID-DAY ‘If history can conjure up… excitement among the youth today, it wouldn’t be too far-fetched to say Manu S. Pillai is one of the reasons why!’ DECCAN CHRONICLE PRAISE FOR REBEL SULTANS ‘Impressive … dazzling storytelling. Pillai has employed an extraordinarily powerful imagination and a prodigious talent with words to write a genuine thriller.’ INDIAN EXPRESS ‘Provides the much-needed bridge between the isolated world of academia and wider public audience … eloquent and lucid?’ THE HINDU ‘A remarkable, daring book.’ HINDUSTAN TIMES ‘Positively racy … a fast-paced greatest hits of the region’s medieval roller-coaster ride.’ SCROLL