Partition was a total catastrophe for Delhi,’ she said. ‘Those who were left behind are in misery. Those who were uprooted are in misery. The Peace of Delhi is gone. Now it is all gone. — William Dalrymple Copy Share Image
“To subdue and crush the masses of a nation by military force, when all are unanimous in the determination to be free, is to… — William Dalrymple Copy Share
For me they go hand in hand. When I travel it makes me want to write, when I read it makes me want to… — William Dalrymple Copy Share
Partition was a total catastrophe for Delhi,’ she said. ‘Those who were left behind are in misery. Those who were uprooted are in misery.… — William Dalrymple Copy Share
“Across the broken apses and shattered naves of a hundred ruined Byzantine churches, the same smooth, cold, neo-classical faces of the saints and apostles… — William Dalrymple Copy Share
“During the war, my son Alfred [Cochrane] went up [to Bsharre, in Lebanon] to see some friends. On the road, he was stopped by… — William Dalrymple Copy Share
“There was that all-pervasive evening scent of cut grass and jasmine.” — William Dalrymple Copy Share
“I lost my mother when I was three years old. She had some small injury – a piece of metal pierced her foot –… — William Dalrymple Copy Share
“...'unless you convert to Orthodoxy, you too will follow your Pope down that valley, through the scorching fire. We will watch you from this… — William Dalrymple Copy Share
“Few, few shall part where many meet, The snow shall be their winding sheet; And every turf beneath their feet Shall be a soldier’s… — William Dalrymple Copy Share
...Dean Mohamet, a Muslim landowner from Patna who had followed his British patron to Ireland. There he soon eloped with, and later marries, Jean… — William Dalrymple Copy Share
“Thanks to all Zafar’s precautions, ‘Id passed peacefully on 1 August. The British, who were aware through their spies of the growing communal tension,… — William Dalrymple Copy Share
“The first Embassy to Afghanistan by a western power left the Company's Delhi Residency on 13 October 1808, with the Ambassador accompanied by 200… — William Dalrymple Copy Share
“I grew up in extreme poverty,’ said Hari Das. ‘Like me, my father was a day labourer, who also did theyyam during the season.… — William Dalrymple Copy Share
“One day Lal shahbaz was wandering in the desert with his friend Sheikh Bhaa ud-Din Zakariya. It was winter, and evening time, so they… — William Dalrymple Copy Share
“The Byzantines looked on these stylites as intermediaries, go-betweens who could transmit their deepest fears and aspirations to the distant court of Heaven, ordinary… — William Dalrymple Copy Share
