Like whom? Like Gore Vidal (one of America's most controversial writers), Simon Prosser (editor of Penguin books UK), Vikram Seth (Internationally acclaimed Indian poet and author) and Chris Stewart (original Genesis drummer, now award-winning author).

Informal informer. Awarded the Mungo Park Medal by the Royal Scottish Geographical Society in 2002 for his 'outstanding contribution to travel literature', William Dalrymple discusses his latest offering The Last Mughal which covers the Indian rebellion of 1857/8 up to the deposition of the last Mughal.

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