If you can stand the knowing, flowery, often campy facetious prose, this is a marvellous read, remarkable for the author's erudition and profound sympathetic understanding of ancient and modern Hindustan which he manages to straddle and discuss, with many other related matters, all the while searching for/accompanying 14th century Moroccan philosopher Ibn Battutah on his travels.
(Kathie Somerwil Ayrton - bwl 42 October 2007 ) |
