William Dalrymple

William Dalrymple is an award-winning writer and director of India's Jaipur literary festival. He fell in love with India aged eighteen, and the country has been at the centre of his writing since.
His latest book, Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan, is the last in what he calls the East India Company trilogy, following White Mughals and The Last Mughal. It tells what happened when the British Governor-General of India was convinced to invade Afghanistan -- in order to save India, 'the jewel of the British empire', from an imaginary Russian threat. Of course, this paved the path for subsequent wars ... and sheds devastating light on the one being waged now.
In this appearance at the Athenaeum Theatre in Melbourne, he invites you to enter this world with him.

[@brucevilla]

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[@user-nk3xl1xt4q]

At 12:00 interesting point about a Scottish Spy in 1832

[@kristinebyrne9938]

This lecture would have been helped by Visuals..such as maps..etc

[@nimium1955]

+kristine byrne I think the lecture would have been much improved by a different lecturer. His books must be good. Not sure he is the most effective sales person for them.

[@ncvideos501]

10:57 sarcasm!

[@pashtunafghan1899]

You English invaded us four times, and four times you made the mistake of invading us. We never invaded England you had no right to invade my land my great grandfather fought in two wars against the English.

[@tarikhinfo]

Only two times. In third, the war was initiated by Afghanistan to regain territories from British. And there is no fourth.

[@call6060842]

This is the reason why mother India indulged in operation shakti, no more of this nonsense in modern Bharat.