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anti-hero protagonist
Author_Philip Meadows Taylor
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denotified tribes
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nineteenth-century British India
Rudyard Kipling
Product details
- ISBN 9789360804909
- Dimensions: 160 x 230mm
- Publication Date: 28 Feb 2025
- Publisher: Manohar Publishers and Distributors
- Publication City/Country: IN
- Product Form: Hardback
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Confessions of a Thug, a fictionalized ethnography, explores the thuggery system prevalent in nineteenth-century British India. The novel is significant for popularizing the Hindi-Urdu word ‘thug’ in the British and English languages. Centered around Ameer Ali, an anti-hero protagonist, the work delves into the lives of thugs and their criminal activities. It also sheds light on denotified tribes, where banditry had been a traditional occupation for generations.
Philip Meadows Taylor (1808-76) was sent out to India to become a clerk to a Bombay merchant. In 1824, he accepted a commission in the service of the Nizam of Hyderabad. He is the author of several popular books, including Seeta: Ordeals and Tribulations of a Widow in 1857 Mutiny, Tippoo Sultan, The Story of My Life, and A Noble Queen.
