Victoria & Abdul. The Extraordinary True Story Of The Queen's Closest Confidant

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: The History Press
Publisher Place: Uk
Publisher Year: 2017
Edition: First Edition

Description: 333 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: The tall, handsome Abdul Karim was just twenty-four years old when he arrived in England from Agra to wait at tables during Queen Victorias Golden Jubilee. An assistant clerk at Agra Central Jail, he suddenly found himself a personal attendant to the Empress of India herself. Within a year, he was established as a powerful figure at court, becoming the queens teacher, or Munshi, and instructing her in Urdu and Indian affairs. Devastated by the death of John Brown, her Scottish gillie, the queen had at last found his replacement. But her intense and controversial relationship with the Munshi led to a near-revolt in the royal household. "Victoria & Abdul" examines how a young Indian Muslim came to play a central role at the heart of the Empire, and his influence over the queen at a time when independence movements in the sub-continent were growing in force. Yet, at its heart, it is a tender love story between an ordinary Indian and his elderly queen, a relationship that survived the best attempts to destroy it.

ISBN: 9780750982580