[At one stage, when they stop to ask directions, they pick up a local on a bike who, in true Moroccan style, turns out to be a fake guide.] He just took us to where he wanted to go and got out,.. We got back at 2.15am, not a single drink was found or taken. Hey ho.
William Dalrymple
If you go back to the original Urdu and Persian documents of the mutineers, which I have been translating, the religious nature of the uprising is blatantly obvious
original nature religious
The old cliche of the cartridges really was terribly important. It was the issue that broke the camel's back, in every sense.
sense important cliche
The British undoubtedly were at their very, very worst at this point in history - unbelievably violent and awful. It was through the idea of duty which came in the high-Victorian period.
duty idea history british worst
In Delhi, where the mutiny took on a largely Muslim aspect, the words fatwa, mudjahadeen and jihad were all in play.
jihad words play muslim
style true stop found fake drink single stage
[Historian and traveller Dalrymple plays the role of storyteller and teacher as he takes us on a memorable and moveable feast of readings, workshops, tastings and excursions through the heat and madness of Marrakech.] It's more like a holiday with a bit of literary stimulation,.. A halfway house; half holiday and half literary knocking of heads together.
literary madness teacher plays house halfway feast heat storyteller
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