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A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Author: Philip Meadows Taylor

Author: Philip Meadows Taylor (1808–1876)

Alternate Name(s): Capt. Meadows Taylor (familiar name)

Biography: Army officer and official in the Hyderabad service and novelist. See entry in DNB or Sutherland.

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References: DNB; David Finkelstein, Philip Meadows Taylor (1808-1876): A Bibliography (University of Queensland, 1990); Sutherland

Fiction Titles:

  1. Confessions of a Thug.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1839.
  2. Tippoo Sultaun: A Tale of the Mysore War.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1840.
  3. Tara: A Mahratta Tale.  3 vol.  Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1863.
  4. Ralph Darnell.  3 vol.  Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1865.
  5. Seeta.  3 vol.  London: Henry S. King, 1872.
  6. A Noble Queen: A Romance of Indian History.  3 vol.  London: Kegan Paul, 1878.