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Apr 1, 2010 · ‘Victoria and Abdul: The Story of The Queen’s Closest Confidant’ by Shrabani Basu, was a fascinating read about an aging monarch and her closest confidant. Two Indians, Abdul Karim and Mohammed Buksh were summoned by the British Empire to present a ‘Mohor’ to the Queen.
Victoria & Abdul: The True Story of the Queen's Closest Confidant is a book about Queen Victoria and her Munshi Abdul Karim, researched and written by Shrabani Basu, published by The History Press in 2010, and adapted to produce the feature film Victoria & Abdul in 2017.
The tall, handsome Abdul Karim was just twenty-four years old when he arrived in England from Agra to wait at tables during Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee. An assistant clerk at Agra Central Jail, he suddenly found himself a personal attendant to the Empress of India herself.
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Sep 22, 2017 · According to Shrabani Basu, the journalist who uncovered this friendship after a 2003 visit to the Queen’s summer home and wrote about it in her book Victoria & Abdul: The True Story of...
In 2006, Basu committed herself to researching Karim’s story. The resulting book, Victoria and Abdul: The True Story of the Queen’s Closest Confidant, would take her four years to...
Jan 16, 2017 · In Victoria and Abdul: The True Story of the Queen's Closest Confidant historian Shrabani Basu unearths a story that shows a new side to Victoria and places a young Indian at the heart of the Empire as her greatest influence.
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Jan 1, 2011 · Victoria & Abdul: The Extraordinary True Story of the Queen's Closest Confidant. $17.93. (1,254) In Stock. The tall, handsome Abdul Karim was just twenty-four years old when he arrived in England from Agra to wait at tables during Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee.
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