“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 stare down like a gallery of deaf mutes; and through this thundering silence the everyday reality… — William Dalrymple Copy Share
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 stare down like a gallery of deaf mutes; and through this thundering silence the everyday reality of life in the Byzantine provinces remains persistently difficult to visualise. The sacred and aristocratic nature of Byzantine art means… — 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 the Marada militia. They put a gun to his head and tied him to a tree. When Alfred was at Eton he quickly learned how to get out of beatings, and his experience came in very… — William Dalrymple Copy Share
“There was that all-pervasive evening scent of cut grass and jasmine.” — William Dalrymple Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“...'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 Image
“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 Image
...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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
