Engaging Scoundrels: True Tales of Old Lucknow

by Rosie Llewellyn-Jones

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195649532
• ISBN13: 9780195649536
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.5"