Victoria and Abdul: The True Story of the Queen's Closest Confidant by Shrabani Basu

Victoria and Abdul: The True Story of the Queen's Closest Confidant

Shrabani Basu

288 pages first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction biography adventurous slow-paced
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Abdul Karim was 24 years old when he was dispatched from Agra to serve 68-year-old Queen Victoria as an attendant. The tall and handsome Indian Muslim didn't speak a word of English, nor the Empress of India any Urdu. What followed was a relations...

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