Author: Diwan Jarmani Dass
Translator(s)/ Editors(s): Rakesh Man Das
Publisher: Hind Pocket Books
Year: 2009
Language: Hindi
Pages: 168
ISBN/UPC (if available): 9788121612722
Description
This book is Hindi translation of an English original of the same name.
Exciting stories that capture the magic, romance, secrets and sensuality of Princely India. Tales of love and betrayal spread over the magnificent decades of the Maharajas, with their harems of Indian and European maharanis and Mistresses, Palaces, Horses, Rolls Royces, tiger Hunts, Feasts and Darbars. An invaluable insight into a bygone era of opulence and extravagance.
This book is an intimate and fascinating insight by Diwan Jarmani Dass who rubbed shoulders with the rich and famous. A brilliant recounting of first-hand experiences, it reveals tales of chivalry and sacrifice, of love and betrayal of the kings and Princes under the British Raj, and their eventual decline.