- Hardcover: 160 pages
- Publisher: The History Press Ltd; illustrated edition edition (18 Mar 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0750934883
- ISBN-13: 978-0750934886
- Product Dimensions: 26.4 x 19.4 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 426,937 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This book collects together 200 superb black and white photographs which tell the story of the Duleep Singhs, the family of the late Maharajah of the Punjab, who was deposed at the age of eleven by the East India Company, and exiled to Britain. The owner of the famous Koh-i-noor diamond, and a Christian convert, Singh became a country squire, indulging in royal hunts with the Prince of Wales and enjoying life as a houseguest of Queen Victoria at Osbourne House, as well as playing the field with a string of young beauties from Norfolk maids to Cockney stage artists. As well as telling the story of Duleep Singh's own life, the book also shows us the lives of his children: Frederick the archaeologist, antiquarian and benefactor to East Anglia; Victor, the gambler and serial bankrupt whose wife was forbidden by Queen Victoria to have any children; Sophia, the fanatical suffragette; Catherine, the secretive and notorious visitor to war-torn Germany whose relations with her governess were more than intimate; and Princess Bamba, the grumpy self-styled Queen of Lahore, who outlived everyone, living in her own imaginary royal court.
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Peter Bance is an independent researcher, specialising in Sikh history. He also operates a family real estate business. He has been researching Kaharajah Duleep Singh since 1995, wrote the entry for Maharani Jindan for the New Dictionary of National Biography and also contributed to the research for the book The Maharajah's Box. He lives in Esswx.
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The last Maharajah,
By Bespoke babe (U K) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Duleep Singhs: The Photographic Album of Queen Victoria's Maharajah: Photo Album of Queen Victoria's Maharajah (Hardcover)
History books record the British winning the second anglo-sikh war and the Maharajah Duleep Singh living with Queen Victoria in England. Peter Bance's book reveals hundreds of photographs of the last Maharajah and his descendants and their residences and final resting places. The book documents the wealth of sikh history still abundant in the United Kingdom it is amazing value for money.
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This review is from: The Duleep Singhs: The Photographic Album of Queen Victoria's Maharajah: Photo Album of Queen Victoria's Maharajah (Hardcover)
A wonderful insight in to the private world of Duleep Singh, his cultural struggles and conflictions. Also, his relations with Queen Victoria and her court. An abundance of pictorial references both in Duleep Singhs public and personal life. Highly recommended.
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Informational but not Enough,
By Singh - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Duleep Singhs: The Photographic Album of Queen Victoria's Maharajah: Photo Album of Queen Victoria's Maharajah (Hardcover)
I have read many books on kingdom of Maharaja Ranjeet Singh and collapse of his empire after his death but hardly any author went to the troubles of writing about his family after 1849. In this book author has written about Maharaja Daleep Singh and his family. He has provided significant amount of pictures and paper is of high quality. It certainly added more to my knowledge about the last descendents of Maharaja Ranjeet Singh. However, this book did not meet my expectations because the information provided (though new) is not enough and only 1-2 pages cover each individual and next 5-6 pages are full of pictures which do not tell a whole lot about the lifestyle they lived or hardships they faced. Not much details about how the family lived, their customs, beliefs, attitude towards the British and how the British consistently spied on them. I always wondered why children of Daleep Singh didn't marry or if married what happened to their children and this book did not answer that question. The author has also relied too much on English sources and considered them authentic whereas the facts is that English sources were written with the intentions of justifying British occupation on Punjab and maligning the ruling family's reputation. The author mentions Rani Jind Kaur (Jindan) having an affair which is a baseless assertion and has been refuted by many historians of that period. He is also wrong on some other important facts. Nonetheless, this book offers new information (though not enough) and is unique. I would suggest "Dukhiye Maa Putt" by Sohan Singh Seetal which is lot more detailed about the life of Maharaja Daleep Singh and exposes true British policies against the Sikh empire.
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Horrible vendor,
By arun K. sharma "rajking" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Duleep Singhs: The Photographic Album of Queen Victoria's Maharajah: Photo Album of Queen Victoria's Maharajah (Hardcover)
This vendor never delivered the book or ever contacted me after 3 e mails. I would never buy anything from them at lest they could have responded to enquiry.
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