The maharajahs

By John Lord

Index, bibliography, photos. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394461452
• ISBN13: 9780394461458
• Release Date: January 1971
• Publisher: Random House
• Length: 241 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A wonderful and colorful romp!

John Lord writes a thoroughly entertaining and enlightening romp through the extraordinarily garish halls and manicured grounds of some of the most ridiculously wealthy, ostentatious, and frivolous people who ever walked this planet.First of all, Mr Lord's command of language is impeccable, making this a joyous read. Second of all, Lord's wry wit and humor brand every page a verbal fun-house. Thirdly, mixing the writer's penchant for exhaustive research, his writing style and the subject matter consisting of royal Indian fops who have so much wealth and so much time on their hands - this is a potent brew for brilliant reading. I'm picking up the book this summer for a re-read. Thank you John Lord!!! Read John Lord's other books; "Duty, Honor, Empire" and "Winston Churchill" co-authored with Jack LaVien.