Victoria and Abdul, Shrabani Basu made into films John Bradshaw

John Bradshaw

Azar Nafisi takes us into the vivid lives of eight women who must meet in secret to explore the forbidden fiction of the West

she can’t resist investigating

There’s a bloodstain above the knob

and key dates to visit

Victoria and Abdul, Shrabani Basu made into films John BradshawThe tall handsome Abdul Karim was just twenty four when he arrived in England from Agra to wait at tables during Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. An assistant clerk at Agra Central Jail, he suddenly found himself a personal attendant to the Empress of India herself. Within a year, he was established as a powerful figure at court, becoming the queen's teacher, or Munshi, and instructing her in Urdu and Indian affairs. Devastated by the death of John