{"product_id":"book-d1ap","title":"Ghalib : The Man, The Times","description":"A brilliant biography of one of India’s greatest poets\u003cbr\u003e Mirza Mohammad Asadullah Khan Ghalib began writing poetry in Persian at the   age of nine and the pre-eminent poet of the time, Mir, predicted a great   future for the precocious genius when he was shown his verse. But success and   material rewards did not come to Ghalib easily, for the times were against   him, and he did not suffer fools gladly even if they occupied positions of   importance.\u003cbr\u003e Ghalib was at the height of his powers when events took a   turn for the worse. First came the decline of the Mughal court, then the rise   of the British Empire and, finally, the Revolt of 1857. Though Ghalib lived   through the upheavals and purges of the Revolt, in which many of his   contemporaries and friends died and his beloved Delhi was irrevocably   changed, he was a broken man and longed for death. When he died, on 15   February 1869, he left behind some of the most vivid accounts of the events   of the period ever written. In this illuminating biography Pavan K. Varma   evocatively captures the spirit of the man and the essence of the times he   lived in.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49330774507824,"sku":"BDd1ap","price":17.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/d1ap-cover.jpg?v=1758170041","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-d1ap","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}