Fall of the Kingdom of Punjab The

A forgotten classic from India’s favourite storytellerThis riveting historical narrative is more full of drama than any fiction. With the death of Maharaja Ranjit Singh the great Punjab empire he had built was riven by intrigues betrayals assassinations and wars until the British finally annexed it seizing the Kohinoor diamond and sending the young Maharaja Duleep Singh into exile in Britain. Khushwant Singh brings this turbulent period to vivid life in this page-turning account of the collapse of a once-mighty kingdom.