'Delightful ... Surely one of the funniest books about India' Times Literary Supplement
'Scholarly and marvellously entertaining ... a considerable feat' Dervla Murphy, Spectator
'Dalrymple has pulled it off again' Jan Morris, Independent
William Dalrymple is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and of the Royal Asiatic Society, and in 2002 was awarded the Mungo Park Medal by the Royal Scottish Geographical Society for his 'outstanding contribution to travel literature'. He wrote and presented the TV series 'Stones of the Raj' and 'Indian Journeys', which won BAFTA's 2002 Grierson Award for Best Documentary Series. He and his wife, artist Olivia Fraser, have three children, and divide their time between London and Delhi.
