Engaging Scoundrels True Tales of Old Lucknow

by Llewellyn-Jones, Rosie

• ISBN13: 9780195649536
• ISBN10: 0195649532
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-05-11
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the northern Indian city of Lucknow was famous for its beautiful gardens, extraordinary buildings, menageries, music and dancing, exquisite food, and lavish parties. The wealthy nawabs were only part of a glittering scene that enchanted and shocked both visitors and inhabitants. Here, Rosie Llewellyn-Jones examines some of the more curious byways of this city's past, including the true story of the notorious 'Barber of Lucknow' and the sad history of the European graveyards. Filled with stories and featuring many recently rediscovered illustrations, the book will appeal to general readers and historians of the period.

Author Biography

Rosie Llewellyn-Jones is Archives and Records Officer at South Bank University, London.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	xiv
Introduction	xv
Entertaining the Nawabs	1	(50)
A Poorer Class of Person	51	(14)
The Barber of Lucknow	65	(21)
Indian Visitors to England	86	(39)
Before the Storm	125	(27)
Bones of Contention	152	(31)
Appendix: The Lucknow Cemeteries	183	(4)
Index	187