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The Hill of Devi

Categorie	Politiek & Staatsinrichting
Boeknummer	#388834
Titel	The Hill of Devi
Auteur	Forster, E.M.
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	New York : Pinguin Books
Jaar van uitgave	1953
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Paperback, illustrated with some photographs in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting	The novelist E M Forster opens the door on life in a remote Maharajah’s court in the early twentieth century. Through letters from his time visiting and working there as the Maharajah’s private secretary, he introduces us to a fourteenth-century political system where the young Maharajah of Devas, ‘certainly a genius and possibly a saint’, led a state centred on spiritual aspirations. A loving and affectionate portrait of a forgotten world, The Hill of Devi chronicles Forster’s infatuation and exasperation, fascination and amusement at this idiosyncratic court. He leads us with him to its heart and the eight-day festival of Gokul Ashtami, marking the birth of Krishna, where we see His Highness Maharajah Sir Tukoji Rao III dancing before the altar ‘like David before the Ark’.
Pagina's	174
Conditie	Goed — Edges browned.
Prijs	€ 15,00

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