Books by William Dalrymple
language
English
review 1: A friend recommended this one to me, and in fact sent me a copy so I would have no excuse for not reading it. My initial reaction was almost that of it being a chore, but I am glad that I "did my chores." There are parallels in this tale about the disastrous rout that the Brits...
language
English
review 1: Dalrymple's writing is brilliant. I was taken on a beautiful and vivid adventure of Sixth Century Christian Byzantium.However, Dalrymple seems to treat the contemporary descendants of his historical heroes with a little of the contempt characteristic of western writers of the las...