{"product_id":"white-mughals-by-william-dalrymple","title":"White Mughals by William Dalrymple","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"276\" data-end=\"422\"\u003e📘 \u003cstrong data-start=\"279\" data-end=\"343\"\u003eWhite Mughals: Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century India\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"343\" data-end=\"346\"\u003e✍️ \u003cem data-start=\"349\" data-end=\"371\"\u003eBy William Dalrymple\u003c\/em\u003e | 📚 \u003cem data-start=\"377\" data-end=\"422\"\u003eHistorical Nonfiction | Penguin India, 2004\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"424\" data-end=\"427\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"429\" data-end=\"723\"\u003e💔 \u003cstrong data-start=\"432\" data-end=\"489\"\u003eA forbidden love. A divided empire. 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