U. King's - Events: 2008 Brian Flemming Lecture Series - William Dalrymple (Mar 28)
William Dalrymple To Visit King's Date: March 28, 2008 The University of King's College is pleased to present a public talk by its 2008 Brian Flemming Lecture Series speaker: award-winning British writer and historian William Dalrymple (www.williamdalrymple.uk.com). He will speak on his latest book The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty, Delhi 1857 on Friday, March 28 at 7:30 pm in Alumni Hall (New Academic Building, 6350 Coburg Road). All are welcome and free tickets (limit two) are available from the King's Advancement Office at (902) 422-1271, ext. 128 or paula.johnson@ukings.ns.ca. In February 2007, Dalrymple was awarded the Duff Cooper Memorial Prize for History and Biography for his sixth book, The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty, Delhi 1857 (2006), which made use of "The Mutiny Papers" – a series of previously ignored Indian accounts of the 1857 rebellion against the British East India Company. "William Dalrymple's captivating book is not only great reading, it contributes very substantially to our understanding of the remarkable history of the Mughal Empire in its dying days," says 1998 Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen. "It is rare indeed that a work of such consummate scholarship and insight could also be so accessible and such fun to read."
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