Migration, Dalrymple William

Автор: William Dalrymple
Название: City of Djinns
ISBN: 0006375952 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780006375951
Издательство: HarperCollins UK
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Описание: As Dalrymple's first book, "In Xanadu", traversed thousands of miles, now he traverses thousands of years. In the course of 12 months in Delhi, he peels back the successive encrusting layers of history, using both material and human remains of each of the eight cities of Delhi, interlacing innumerable stories with the present and ending with the Delhi creation myth contained in the great Indian epic "The Mahabharata".

Автор: Dalrymple Farel
Название: Proxima Centauri Volume 1
ISBN: 1534310290 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781534310292
Издательство: Image Comics
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Описание: Teenage wizard adventurer Sherwood Breadcoat is trapped on Proxima Centauri, a manufactured dimensional sphere 4.243 light-years from Earth. Looking for escape and a way back to his brother, Sherwood also has to deal with his confusing emotions, alien creatures, and all sorts of fantastic dangers. PROXIMA CENTAURI is a psychedelic science fantasy action comic book drama starring Sherwood Breadcoat, "The Scientist" Duke Herzog, Dr. EXT the Time Traveler, the ghost M. Parasol, Shakey the Space Wizard, and Dhog Dahog. Collects PROXIMA CENTAURI #1-6

Автор: Dalrymple William
Название: Return of a King
ISBN: 1408831597 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781408831595
Издательство: Bloomsbury
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Описание: In the spring of 1839, the British invaded Afghanistan for the first time. Led by lancers in scarlet cloaks and plumed shakos, nearly 20,000 British and East India Company troops poured through the high mountain passes and re-established on the throne Shah Shuja ul-Mulk. On the way in, the British faced little resistance.

But after two years of occupation, the Afghan people rose in answer to the call for jihad and the country exploded into violent rebellion. The First Anglo-Afghan War ended in Britain's greatest military humiliation of the nineteenth century: an entire army of the then most powerful nation in the world ambushed in retreat and utterly routed by poorly equipped tribesmen. Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize 2013, Return of a King is the definitive analysis of the First Afghan War, told through the lives of unforgettable characters on all sides and using for the first time contemporary Afghan accounts of the conflict.

Prize-winning and bestselling historian William Dalrymple's masterful retelling of Britain's greatest imperial disaster is a powerful and important parable of colonial ambition and cultural collision, folly and hubris, for our times.

Автор: William Dalrymple
Название: White Mughals
ISBN: 0006550967 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780006550969
Издательство: HarperCollins UK
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Описание: From the author of the Samuel Johnson prize-shortlisted `Return of a King`, the romantic and ultimately tragic tale of a passionate love affair that transcended all the cultural, religious and political boundaries of its time.

Автор: Dunn Carola
Название: Damsel in Distress: A Daisy Dalrymple Mystery
ISBN: 1250307414 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781250307415
Издательство: Holtzbrink(MPS)/MPS
Цена: 1562.00 р.
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A mysterious kidnapping disrupts young love in the latest mystery in Carola Dunn's beloved Daisy Dalrymple series. Features a Daisy Dalrymple short story -- Unhappy Medium.

In the early summer of 1923, love is in bloom as the Honourable Phillip Petrie finds himself totally smitten with Miss Gloria Arbuckle, daughter of an American millionaire. But before the enthusiastic suitor can pop the question, his beloved is abducted by kidnappers. As Gloria's distraught father begins assembling the ransom, Phillip enlists his childhood friend, the Honourable Daisy Dalrymple, to help him recover his missing sweetheart. Strictly forbidden to contact the police, Daisy must resist the temptation to bring her occasional collaborator, Scotland Yard's Detective Chief Inspector Alec Fletcher, into the case. But as she closes in on the abductors' rural hideaway, she begins to suspect that Gloria isn't the only fair damsel whose life hangs in the balance.

Автор: Dalrymple William
Название: Koh-I-Noor
ISBN: 140888884X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781408888841
Издательство: Bloomsbury
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Описание: The first comprehensive and authoritative history of the Koh-i-Noor, arguably the most celebrated and mythologised jewel in the world. On 29 March 1849, the ten-year-old maharaja of the Punjab was ushered into the magnificent Mirrored Hall at the centre of the great fort in Lahore. There, in a public ceremony, the frightened but dignified child handed over great swathes of the richest country in India in a formal Act of Submission to a private corporation, the East India Company.

He was also compelled to hand over to the British monarch, Queen Victoria, 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 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.

Masterly, powerful and erudite, this is history at its most compelling and invigorating.

Автор: Dalrymple William
Название: City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi
ISBN: 0142001007 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780142001004
Издательство: Random House (USA)
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Описание: Sparkling with irrepressible wit, City of Djinns peels back the layers of Delhi's centuries-old history, revealing an extraordinary array of characters along the way-from eunuchs to descendants of great Moguls. With refreshingly open-minded curiosity, William Dalrymple explores the seven "dead" cities of Delhi as well as the eighth city--today's Delhi. Underlying his quest is the legend of the djinns, fire-formed spirits that are said to assure the city's Phoenix-like regeneration no matter how many times it is destroyed. Entertaining, fascinating, and informative, City of Djinns is an irresistible blend of research and adventure.

Автор: Dalrymple Farel
Название: Pop Gun War: Chain Letter
ISBN: 1534301925 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781534301924
Издательство: Image Comics
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Описание: Stuck in a small town with a broke down van Emily goes on a walk. After following some shady characters through subterranean tunnels she discovers three video monitors showing stories from a magical present, dreamy past, and strange future. In this long awaited sequel to the award winning and criticality acclaimed graphic novel POP GUN WAR: GIFT, author and creator of THE WRENCHIES, FAREL DALRYMPLE revisits his world of surreal urban fantasy.