City Of Djinns ( Popular Penguin)

About the Book: City of Djinns City of Djinns has become one of the most widely read books onDelhi. Dalrymple's funny and heartfelt portrait of this age-oldcity is an enthralling and beautifully written chronicle thatremains one of his most popular works to date. About the Author: William Dalrymple William Dalrymple was born in Scotland and brought up on theshores of Firth of Forth. He is the author of five books of historyand travel, including the highly acclaimed best-seller City ofDjinns, which won the 1994 Thomas Cook Travel Book Award and theSunday Times Young British Writer of the Year Award. His previousbook, White Mughals, garnered a range of prizes, including theprestigious Wolfson Prize for History 2003 and the Scottish Book ofthe Year Prize. It was also shortlisted for the PEN History Award,the Kiriyama Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. A stageversion by Christopher Hampton has been co-commissioned by theNational Theatre and the Tamasha Theatre Company. A Fellow of theRoyal Society of Literature and of the Royal Asiatic Society,Dalrymple was awarded the 2002 Mungo Park Medal by the RoyalScottish Geographical Society for his 'outstanding contribution totravel literature' and the Sykes Medal of the Royal Society ofAsian Affairs in 2005 for his contribution to the understanding ofcontemporary Islam. He wrote and presented three television series,Stones of the Raj, Sufi Soul and Indian Journeys, the last of whichwon the Grierson Award for Best Documentary Series at BAFTA in2002. In December 2005 his article on the madrasas of Pakistan wasawarded the prize for Print Article of the Year at the 2005 FPAMedia Awards. He is married to the artist Olivia Fraser, and theyhave three children. They divide their time between London,Scotland and Delhi.