Confessions of a Thug

About the Book:-The Thug were a secret society of highway robbers and murderers who struck havoc in India. So secret was the fraternity that they remained undetected for centuries till the labours of William Sleeman traced them out and destroyed them. The thugs usually About the Author:-Colonel Philip Meadows Taylor CSI an administrator in British India and a novelist made notable contributions to public knowledge of South India. Though largely self-taught he was a polymath working alternately as a judge engineer artist and man of letters. At the age of 15 he was sent out to India to become a clerk to a Bombay merchant Mr Baxter. However Baxter was in financial difficulties and in 1824 Taylor gladly accepted a commission in the service of the Nizam of Hyderabad with which he remained dutifully attached throughout his long career. He was speedily transferred from military duty to a civil appointment and in this capacity acquired a proficient knowledge of the languages and the people of southern India.While on furlough in England in 1840 he published the first of his Indian novels Confessions of a Thug in which he reproduced the scenes which he had heard about the Thuggee cult described by the chief actors in them. This book was followed by a series of tales Tippoo Sultaun (1840) Tara (1863) Ralph Darnell (1865) Seeta (1872) and A Noble Queen (1878) all illustrating periods of Indian history and society and giving a prominent place to the native character for which and the native institutions and traditions he had a great regard and respect. The Title 'Confessions Of A Thug written/authored/edited by Meadows Taylor' published in the year 2020. The ISBN 9788121232722 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 344 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is . Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol:-