William Dalrymple

In Conversation with William Dalrymple: The Golden Road

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Join us for a rare opportunity to hear acclaimed historian and author, William Dalrymple, discuss his latest book, The Golden Road, a sweeping, revelatory history of empire, ambition, and resistance in South Asia.  

Known for his gripping narrative style and meticulous research, Dalrymple brings to life the powerful figures and dramatic events that shaped the region and the world beyond.  

This insightful conversation will delve into the global forces behind empire and the enduring impact of colonialism today. Perfect for history enthusiasts, political thinkers, and anyone interested in the stories that define our past, and our future. 

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About the Author

William Dalrymple

William Dalrymple is one of Britain’s great historians and the bestselling author of the Wolfson Prize-winning White Mughals, The Last Mughal, which won the Duff Cooper Prize, and the Hemingway and Kapuscinski Prize-winning Return of a King. A frequent broadcaster, he has written and presented three television series, one of which won the Grierson Award for Best Documentary Series at BAFTA. He has also won the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award, the Sunday Times Young British Writer of the Year Award, the Foreign Correspondent of the Year at the FPA Media Awards, and been awarded five honorary doctorates.

Dalrymple is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, the Royal Asiatic Society and the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and has held visiting fellowships at Princeton and Brown. He writes regularly for the New York Review of Books, the New Yorker and the Guardian. In 2018 he was presented with the prestigious President’s Medal by the British Academy for his outstanding literary achievement and for co-founding the Jaipur Literature Festival. He is the co-host of chart-topping podcast Empire with Anita Anand. William lives with his wife and three children on a farm outside Delhi.