VICTORIA & ABDUL : THE TRUE STORY OF THE QUEEN’S CLOSEST CONFIDANT BY SHRABANI BASU (PAPERBACK)

Abdul Karim was just twenty-four years old when he arrived in England to wait at tables during Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee. This book examines how a young Indian Muslim came to play a central role at the heart of the empire, and his influence over the queen. It is also a tender love story between an ordinary Indian and his elderly queen.