Last King in India : Wajid Ali Shah.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (356 pages)
Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Illustrations -- Chronology -- Glossary -- Introduction -- 1. 'That Energetic Old Lady' -- 2. Pageants and Pantomimes -- 3. The Sorrows of Akhtar -- 4. The House of Fairies -- 5. At Garden Reach -- 6. A Tigress Escapes from the Menagerie -- 7. A Mimic Kingdom -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
An affectionate biography of a much-maligned king who had the misfortune to be on the throne when the East India Company usurped power.