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Confessions of a Thug

Philip Meadows Taylor

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Philip Meadows Taylor's Confessions 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 Thug is a strikingly vivid, chilling and immensely readable thriller. This unique critical edition makes available a fascinating and significant work of Empire writing.

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Pages:: pages

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Publisher:: Oxford University Press

Edition:: Oxford World’s Classics

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0192880217

ISBN13:: 9780192880215

kindle Asin:: B081ZC2SXK

Confessions of a Thug

Philip Meadows Taylor

3.75/5 (320 ratings)

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Philip Meadows Taylor's Confessions 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 Thug is a strikingly vivid, chilling and immensely readable thriller. This unique critical edition makes available a fascinating and significant work of Empire writing.

Format:

Pages:: pages

Publication:

Publisher:: Oxford University Press

Edition:: Oxford World’s Classics

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0192880217

ISBN13:: 9780192880215

kindle Asin:: B081ZC2SXK

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