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William Dalrymple Interview, plus links to author biography, book summaries, excerpts and reviews

William Dalrymple
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William Dalrymple

An interview with William Dalrymple

William Dalrymple discusses Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India.

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    If you enjoyed:
    Nine Lives

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    Elizabeth Gilbert was born in 1969 in Connecticut.  She grew up on a small family tree farm, with her sister, novelist and historian Catharine Gilbert Murdock (author of Dairy Queen, the first in a series for teens).... (more)

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    Eat, Pray, Love
    by Elizabeth Gilbert

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