{"product_id":"shattered-lands-sam-dalrymple-fourth-estate-in","title":"Shattered Lands by Sam Dalrymple [Paperback]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eNUMBER ONE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eTHE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING FINALIST 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR IN \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eTHE WEEK\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eTHE SPECTATOR\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eBBC HISTORY\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, NPR AND \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eHISTORY TODAY\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA hundred years ago, a vast swathe of Asia-India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Burma (now Myanmar), Nepal, Bhutan, Yemen, Oman, the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait-was bound together under a single imperial banner: the 'Indian Empire', or the Raj. Stretching from the Red Sea to the jungles of Southeast Asia, this dominion was home to a quarter of the world's population; its people used the Indian rupee and were issued passports stamped 'Indian Empire'.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd then, within fifty years, the Empire shattered. Five partitions tore it apart, carving out new nations, redrawing maps and leaving behind a legacy of war, exile and division.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSam Dalrymple's magnificently written bestselling account, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eShattered Lands\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, presents, for the first time, the story of how the Indian Empire was unmade. It is a history of ambition and betrayal, of forgotten wars and unlikely alliances, of borders carved with ink and fire. Above all, it is the story of how the map of modern Asia was made. Vivid, compelling and thought-provoking, this is history at its best.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE EASTERN EYE AWARD FOR HISTORY, THE RAMNATH GOENKA SAHITHYA SAMMAN AND THE ATTA GALATTA BOOK PRIZE 2025\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Fourth Estate","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50198690103546,"sku":"70YC6KX39PEV","price":520.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/0473\/5226\/files\/9789373075624_1.jpg?v=1789403191","url":"https:\/\/versoz.co.in\/products\/shattered-lands-sam-dalrymple-fourth-estate-in","provider":"VERSOZ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}