Quotes by William Dalrymple, White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century India

“But Khair did not need such proof of her husband's love for her. Over and over again,James had risked everything for her. Most relationships in life can survive - or not - without being put to any ...”

“India has always had a strange way with her conquerors. In defeat, she beckons them in, then slowly seduces, assimilates and transforms them.”