“There was that all-pervasive evening scent of cut grass and jasmine.” — 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
