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The Thuggee cult of India in the 19th century was widely prevalent. \'Confessions of a thug\' is the earliest account of the same, from the British point of view.
It was a best-seller in 19th-century Britain, becoming the British Empire\'s most sensational ethnographic fiction in the first half of the 19th century, its avid readers included Queen Victoria. It was one of the best-selling crime novels of the 19th century and was the most influential novel about India. The novel\'s popularity established the word \"thug\" in the English language.
This book is a tale of crime and retribution in India, beginning in the late 18th century and ending in 1832. The story lays bare the practices of the Thugs or \"deceivers\" as they were called, who murdered travellers for money and valuables.
It was a best-seller in 19th-century Britain, becoming the British Empire\'s most sensational ethnographic fiction in the first half of the 19th century, its avid readers included Queen Victoria. It was one of the best-selling crime novels of the 19th century and was the most influential novel about India. The novel\'s popularity established the word \"thug\" in the English language.
This book is a tale of crime and retribution in India, beginning in the late 18th century and ending in 1832. The story lays bare the practices of the Thugs or \"deceivers\" as they were called, who murdered travellers for money and valuables.
About the Author
Colonel Philip Meadows Taylor CSI, an Anglo-Indian administrator and novelist, was born in Liverpool, England. At the age of fifteen he was sent out to India to become a clerk to a Bombay merchant. The merchant was in financial difficulties, though. In 1824, Taylor gladly accepted a commission in the service of the Nizam of Hyderabad, to which service he remained devotedly attached throughout his long career. He was speedily transferred from military duty to a civil appointment and in this capacity he acquired a knowledge of the languages and the people of southern India which has seldom been equalled.
While on furlough in England in 1840, he published the first of his Indian novels, Confessions of a Thug, in which he reproduced the scenes which he had heard about the Thuggee cult, described by the chief actors in them. This book was followed by a series of tales, Tippoo Sultan(1840), Tara (1863), Ralph Darnell (1865), Seeta (1872) and a Noble Queen (1878), all illustrating periods of Indian history and society and giving a prominent place to the native character, for which and the native institutions and traditions he had a great regard and respect.
While on furlough in England in 1840, he published the first of his Indian novels, Confessions of a Thug, in which he reproduced the scenes which he had heard about the Thuggee cult, described by the chief actors in them. This book was followed by a series of tales, Tippoo Sultan(1840), Tara (1863), Ralph Darnell (1865), Seeta (1872) and a Noble Queen (1878), all illustrating periods of Indian history and society and giving a prominent place to the native character, for which and the native institutions and traditions he had a great regard and respect.
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ISBN-13
9789381841068
ISBN-10
9381841068
Cover Type
Paperback
Language
English
No. Of Pages
474
Author
Philip Meadows Taylor
Publisher
Grapevine India
Country
INDIA