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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. It is based on the Thuggee cult in British India. The plot revolves around a fictional anti-hero protagonist, Ameer Ali, a Muslim thug. This book is a tale of crime and retribution in India, beginning in the late 18th century and ending in 1832. The story lays bare the practices of the Thugs, or "deceivers" as they were called, who murdered travellers for money and valuables. / With drawings by Clarke Hutton. This is a cloth-bound 'reprinted' hardback with its slip-case in near to fine condition. (373 pages). Originally published 1839.