Well written, often beautifully so, and very readable travelogue of Delhi. A bit much on the British legacy and follow through. Some amazing enlightening chapters on the Djinns and Partition and Tukhlugh and the hijra/eunuch society. And of course, much on Mr. Dalrymple's obsession with the Mughal period (but it is a rather irresistibly romantic period, true). The book gave me new appreciation for the city's immeasurable history and also indicated a kind of character or soul for it that I'm not sure I was privy to when I visited myself.