Philip Meadows Taylor

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Born in 1808, Philip Meadows Taylor arrived in India in 1824. Through contacts he obtained a commission in the Army of the Nizam of Hyderabad. Between 1826 and 1829 he held such posts as Superintendent of Bazaars at Bolarum and Assistant Superintendent of Police in the South-western districts, but returned to his regiment in 1830, where he became a Captain in 1835. In 1841 he was appointed Political Agent at Shorapur. He remained in India until he retired in 1860 due to ill health. He subsequently lived in Dublin, where he continued to write.

He published under the name Meadows Taylor. The first of his six novels set in India was Confessions of a Thug published in 1839, followed by Tippoo Sultan: A Tale of the Mysore War, in 1840.

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Historical books online

  • "On the Thugs". Received from an Officer in the Service of His Highness the Nizam] [Philip Meadows Taylor] New Monthly Magazine 1833, Second Part, pages 277-87.
  • A novel: Confessions of a Thug by Captain Meadows Taylor in the Service of HH The Nizam 1839 Google Books and Archive.org
Volume I, Volume II, Volume III
  • A novel: Tippoo Sultaun : a Tale of the Mysore War by Captain Meadows Taylor. 1840 Google Books and Archiv.org
Volume I, Volume II, Volume III