Yesterday I was interviewing William Dalrymple at the Henley Literary Festival before a sell-out crowd, (possibly drawn to him rather than me), about his extraordinary new book ‘Nine Lives’ which centres on the spiritual extremism shown by nine individuals within the Indian sub-continent.
Equally impressive was his bibliography where he lists 122 books that helped with his background material. For ‘India Exposed’ I relied solely upon Google, seeking three to four independent sources before committing facts and figures to paper during the six months research, and I wondered over what period he’d read these books and if Google would have shortened the research. It was more an author-to-author question so I saved it till the end of our joint book-signing that followed. Sadly, once his queue finished he rushed off to listen to Rick Wakeman who followed us. That’s rock’n'roll for you.
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