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Victoria & Abdul : the true story of the queen's closest confidant / Shrabani Basu.

by Basu, Shrabani.

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Vintage Books, 2017.

941.081 B327v 2017

Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901.

Karim, Abdul, 1863-1909

Victoria and Abdul (Motion picture : 2017) -- Sources.

Favorites, Royal -- Great Britain.

Great Britain -- Court and courtiers.

9780525434412 (pbk., 2017 movie tie-in ed.)

Alternate title:

Victoria and Abdul : the true story of the queen's closest confidant

First Vintage Books edition.

334 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Now a Major Motion Picture starring Dame Judi Dench from director Stephen Frears. Tall and handsome Abdul was just twenty-four years old when he arrived in England from Agra to wait at tables for Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. Within a year, Abdul had grown to become a powerful figure at court, the Queen's teacher, or Munshi, her counsel on Urdu and Indian affairs, and a friend close to the Queen's heart. "I am so very fond of him.," Queen Victoria would write in 1888, "He is so good and gentle and understanding ... a real comfort to me." This marked the beginning of the most scandalous decade in Queen Victoria's long reign. Devastated first by the death of Prince Albert in 1861 and then her personal servant John Brown in 1883, Queen Victoria quickly found joy in an intense and controversial relationship with her Munshi, who traveled everywhere with her, cooked her curries and cultivated her understanding of the Indian sub-continent - a region, as Empress of India, she was long intrigued by but could never visit. The royal household roiled with resentment, but their devotion grew in defiance of all expectation and the societal pressures of their time and class and lasted until the Queen's death on January 22, 1901. A remarkable history of the last years of the 19th century in English court, an unforgettable view onto the passions of an aging Queen, and a fascinating portrayal of how a young Indian Muslim came to play a central role at the heart of the British Empire"--Provided by publisher.

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