The Unforgettable Maharajas

The Maharajas of India were undoubtedly one of the great anachronisms of the twentieth century. Among them were enlightened rules and profligate princes, saints and scoundrels, heroes and cowards, sadists and boors, charmers and eccentrics. Yet whatever they were, in the eyes of the people they ruled they had the divine right to do so. This power, coupled with their enormous wealth and fabulous jewellery, gave the Maharajas a status that made them larger than life. They were seldom nonentities and left the stamp of an unmistakable aura of majesty they so effortlessly carried on each picture that you will see in this book.