Travels of Dean Mahomet

This unusual study combines two books in one: the 1794 autobiographical travel narrative of an Indian, Dean Mahomet, recalling his years as camp-follower, servant, and subaltern officer in the East India Company''s army (1769 to 1784); and Michael H. Fisher''s portrayal of Mahomet''s sojourn as an insider/outsider in India, Ireland, and England. Emigrating to Britain and living there for over half...