The Last King in India : Wajid Ali Shah (Record no. 27101)
| 000 -LEADER | |
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| fixed length control field | 01660nam a22001697a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9788184005493 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 954.2 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Llewellyn-Jones, Rosie |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The Last King in India : Wajid Ali Shah |
| Statement of responsibility | Rosie Llewellyn-Jones |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | India |
| Name of publisher | Random House |
| Year of publication | 2015 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xxii,314 Pages |
| Other physical details | 14x22 cm |
| -- | HB |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | English Biography. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Include Illustrations, Notes, Bibliography and Index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | The Last King in India is the story of an extraordinary man whose memory still divides opinion sharply today. Was he, as the British described him, a debauched ruler who spent his time with "fiddlers, eunuchs and women' instead of running the kingdom? Or, as most Indians believe, a gifted poet whose works are still quoted today, and who was robbed of his throne by the East India Company? Somewhere in between the two extremes lies a complex character: a man who married over 350 women, directed theatrical events lasting a month, and built a fairytale palace in Lucknow. Wajid Ali Shah was written out of the history books after his kingdom was annexed in 1856. Some even thought he had been killed during the mutiny the following year. But he lived on in Calcutta where he spent the last thirty years of his life trying to recreate his lost paradise. He remained a constant problem for the government of India, with his extravagance, his menagerie and his wives-in that order. For the first time his story is told here using original documents from Indian and British archives and meetings with his descendants. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | India |
| -- | British Occupation of India (1765-1947) |
| -- | India--Oudh(Princely State) |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Collection code | Permanent Location | Current Location | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Non-fiction | Garrison Public Library Multan | Garrison Public Library Multan | General Stacks | 2017-04-05 | CRV/GPLM/Readings-1 | 876.00 | 954.2 L791L 2015 | 33163 | Books |