{"product_id":"the-long-strider-in-jehangirs-dom-moraes-9789354476242","title":"The Long Strider in Jehangir's Hindustan: In the Footsteps of the Englishman Who Walked From England to India in the Year 1613","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis dual travelogue tells the extraordinary story of a maverick's 5000-mile\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ejourney on foot from England to India, across the forbidding Arabian desert and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe treacherous Hindukush mountains, and then his wanderings in Mughal India.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the early 1600s, Thomas Coryate, writer and wanderer, decided to walk\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efrom his village in Somerset to the Indies-to the court of the 'Great Mogul', \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJehangir-and onwards to China. His search was for fame, not fortune-he\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewanted to be the first Englishman to write about those distant lands. Above all, he\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewanted to prove himself to his many sceptics in Prince Henry's court, and to the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebeautiful Anne Harcourt, whom he loved deeply, only to be hurt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo reach the court of Jehnagir, Coryate survived penury, loneliness, ridicule and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eextreme hostility; but disillusionment awaited him at the end of his journey: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edespite her many wonders and charms, he was also shocked and repelled by\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndia, and the emperor made a mockery of his dream. Coryate died in the port\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecity of Surat and was buried there in an obscure grave.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInterwoven with the narrative about Coryate's quest is the account of the authors'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eown travels through the cities and towns the Englishman visited four hundred\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eyears before. In his footsteps, they go to Delhi, Agra (which Coryate saw before\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe Taj was built), Allahabad, Varanasi, Haridwar, Kangra, Mandu, Ajmer, Pushkar\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand Surat-and discover that while India has changed beyond recognition since\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCoryate first experienced it, in some ways it hasn't changed at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart biography, part travelogue, part history, The Long Strider, written with\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eelegance, wit and insight, is a compelling read.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dom Moraes,Sarayu Srivatsa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9354476244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789354476242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Speaking Tiger Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/20\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.89d","brand":"Dom Moraes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48519858061567,"sku":"9789354476242","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3f17c83f-1073-4cc3-9a88-1f755babf806.jpg?v=1778739256","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-long-strider-in-jehangirs-dom-moraes-9789354476242","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}