Victoria & Abdul : The True Story of the Queen's Closest Confidant
by Basu, Shrabani
Published by : Rupa Press (New Delhi, India) Physical details: xxvii,241 Pages 21x14 cm | PB ISBN:9788129117557. Year: 2011Include Epilogue, Notes, Bibliography and Index
The tall handsome Abdul Karim was just twenty-four when he arrived in England from Agra to wait at tables during Queen Victoria s 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 queen s 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.
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