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Confessions of a Thug is an English novel written by Philip Meadows Taylor in 1839 based on the Thuggee cult in India. It was a best-seller in 19th-century Britain, becoming the British Empire's most sensational ethnographic fiction in the first half of the 19th century; its avid readers included Queen Victoria. It was one of the best-selling crime novels of the 19th century, and was the most influential novel about India prior to Rudyard Kipling's Kim (1901). The novel's popularity established the word "thug" in the English language.

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  • Confessions of a Thug is an English novel written by Philip Meadows Taylor in 1839 based on the Thuggee cult in India. It was a best-seller in 19th-century Britain, becoming the British Empire's most sensational ethnographic fiction in the first half of the 19th century; its avid readers included Queen Victoria. It was one of the best-selling crime novels of the 19th century, and was the most influential novel about India prior to Rudyard Kipling's Kim (1901). The novel's popularity established the word "thug" in the English language. (en)
  • Confessions d'un Thug est un roman anglais écrit par Philipp Meadows Taylor en 1839 basé sur le culte des Thugs dans les provinces d'Inde britannique . Ce livre fut un best-seller dans l'Angleterre du XIXe siècle, devenant la fiction ethnographique la plus sensationnelle de l'Empire britannique durant la première moitié du XIXe siècle. Parmi ses lecteurs les plus férus, figurait la reine Victoria elle-même . S'étant classé parmi les romans policiers les plus vendus au XIXe siècle, cette œuvre figure parmi les ouvrages ayant le plus influencé l'opinion quant au sort de l'Inde avant l'avènement du livre Kim de Rudyard Kipling paru en 1901 . La popularité du roman a établi le terme « thug » dans la langue anglaise . (fr)
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  • Confessions of a Thug is an English novel written by Philip Meadows Taylor in 1839 based on the Thuggee cult in India. It was a best-seller in 19th-century Britain, becoming the British Empire's most sensational ethnographic fiction in the first half of the 19th century; its avid readers included Queen Victoria. It was one of the best-selling crime novels of the 19th century, and was the most influential novel about India prior to Rudyard Kipling's Kim (1901). The novel's popularity established the word "thug" in the English language. (en)
  • Confessions d'un Thug est un roman anglais écrit par Philipp Meadows Taylor en 1839 basé sur le culte des Thugs dans les provinces d'Inde britannique . Ce livre fut un best-seller dans l'Angleterre du XIXe siècle, devenant la fiction ethnographique la plus sensationnelle de l'Empire britannique durant la première moitié du XIXe siècle. Parmi ses lecteurs les plus férus, figurait la reine Victoria elle-même . S'étant classé parmi les romans policiers les plus vendus au XIXe siècle, cette œuvre figure parmi les ouvrages ayant le plus influencé l'opinion quant au sort de l'Inde avant l'avènement du livre Kim de Rudyard Kipling paru en 1901 . La popularité du roman a établi le terme « thug » dans la langue anglaise . (fr)
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  • Confessions d'un Thug (roman) (fr)
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