Tippoo Sultaun: A Tale Of The Mysore War

About the Book :- The author has made a noble attempt to know about the great king of Mysure Tippoo Sultan. An intensely passionate tale of love and intrigues, faith and betrayal, feuds and wars. This pleasantly congruous mix of fact and fiction had been culled out of one of the most momentous periods of Indian history the times of Tippoo Sultaun. Tippoo's three-front animosity with the Marathas, the Nizam of Hayderabad and the British form the warp through which late Colonel Meadows Taylor deftly weaves his fervid account. The leader was a man perhaps about fifty years of age; he rode’s powerful Dekhan horse of Great Spirit, but whose usual fiery compartment was tamed by the severe exertion he had undergone, from the miry roads through which he had travelled the greater part of the day. Indeed he began to show evident symptoms of weariness, and extricated himself from every succession. About the Author :- Colonel Philip Meadows Taylor, CSI, an administrator in British India and a novelist, made notable contributions to public knowledge of South India. Though largely self-taught, he was a polymath, working alternately as a judge, engineer, artist, and man of letters. At the age of 15, he was sent out to India to become a clerk to a Bombay merchant, Baxter. However, Baxter was in financial difficulties, and in 1824 Taylor gladly accepted a commission in the service of the Nizam of Hyderabad, with which he remained dutifully attached throughout his long career. He was speedily transferred from military duty to a civil appointment, and in this capacity acquired a proficient knowledge of the languages and the people of southern India. The Title 'Tippoo Sultaun: A Tale Of The Mysore War written/authored/edited by Meadows Taylor', published in the year 2020. The ISBN 9788121241175 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 502 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is . Size of the book is 13.34 x 21.59 cms Vol:-