Confessions of a Thug
Philip Meadows Taylor, Patrick Brantlinger
Philip Meadows Taylor'sConfessions of a Thug(1839) is the most influential novel about India before Kipling's Kim and was one of the best-selling crime novels of the nineteenth century. In the course of a confession to a white 'sahib' the imprisoned Ameer Ali recounts his life as a devoted follower of Thuggee, a secret religious cult practising ritual mass murder and robbery. Taylor uncovered evidence of the crimes committed by bands of Thugs as a Superintendent of Police in India during the 1820s. Introducing a new standard of ethnographic realism to western fiction about India,Confessions of a Thugis a strikingly vivid, chilling and immensely readable thriller. This unique critical edition makes available a fascinating and significant work of Empire writing.
카테고리:
년:
2009
출판사:
MacMay
언어:
english
페이지:
243
ISBN 10:
0192880217
ISBN 13:
9780192880215
파일:
EPUB, 710 KB
IPFS:
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english, 2009