Golden Afternoon (2015)
“But back in the twenties, as rulers of semi-independent sovereign states, they still wielded a good deal of power, and one of the first states on Tacklow’s agenda was Gwalior, whose late Maharajah, old Madhav Rao Scindia, had been a personal friend of his — as was its then Resident, Mr Crump, who had invited Tacklow to stay with him and to ‘bring Daisy and the girls’.
The Residency at Gwalior must have been one of the most splendid in India, second only to the absurdly grandiose one in Hyderaba...d, Deccan, and possessing, in a land where water is precious, that luxury of Indian luxuries, a swimming-pool. Mr Crump was the nicest of hosts, and we were wined and dined at the palace and taken to see all the sights of the state, which included riding up to Gwalior Fort on one of His Highness’s elephants. The fort is everything that a medieval fort should be: it dominates the country for miles around, for it is built on the crest of a soaring outcrop of rock that juts up out of the plain to tower above Gwalior city, lying close-packed in its shadow below.MoreLess
The Residency at Gwalior must have been one of the most splendid in India, second only to the absurdly grandiose one in Hyderaba...d, Deccan, and possessing, in a land where water is precious, that luxury of Indian luxuries, a swimming-pool. Mr Crump was the nicest of hosts, and we were wined and dined at the palace and taken to see all the sights of the state, which included riding up to Gwalior Fort on one of His Highness’s elephants. The fort is everything that a medieval fort should be: it dominates the country for miles around, for it is built on the crest of a soaring outcrop of rock that juts up out of the plain to tower above Gwalior city, lying close-packed in its shadow below.MoreLess
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