Sam Dalrymple
@SamDalrymple123 · Following You · joined 03 Feb 2012
International Bestselling Author of Shattered Lands. Best History Book 2025 in FT, Spectator, NPR & BBC. https://t.co/qz4iyxhm0t
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So thrilled that Shattered Lands has made the final shortlist for the Cundill Prize alongside such incredible authors! https://t.co/GB2UDuqHGW
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@SamDalrymple123 Such glorious creatures chapatied on the floor as rugs 😔😔.
Wonder if anyone ever tripped over the head sticking up. Distasteful display- the tiger skins.
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Full story below!
https://t.co/MZXSZ0X3BI https://t.co/d872f23fVI
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This is the story of Knebworth House. https://t.co/hKVQSoQaw2
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And of course, like all Viceroy houses, it has an astonishing room full of objects from India. https://t.co/b1yYBjHVnn
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Different time periods are layered upon each other here and in a single building you can see the transformation of England from a small, slightly peripheral land into an imperial one. https://t.co/uh808ujaoF
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Its also been home to Tudor nobles, militant suffragettes, an occultist novelist, and the author who coined the term “It was a dark and stormy night.” https://t.co/aZXi3dUbRN
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Yet its actually been home to TWO viceroys of India, in addition to the architect of New Delhi, the founder of British Columbia (Canada) and the founder of the Colony of Queensland (Australia). https://t.co/1K6vc5YVn4
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Knebworth House is today primarily known as one of the UK’s biggest music venues. https://t.co/t2wQmK3JT8
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Houses of the Viceroys: The Lytton Estate
In the 19th century, much of the British Empire was being run by the occupants of a single country house north of London. https://t.co/MtNaIfbhkS
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@SamDalrymple123 The dress he's wearing was hired from a theatre company.
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The Hampi of North India
"Bayana, were it not for its shortage of water, might have been the capital of India."
So begins Mehrdad Shokoohy's book on Bayana, one of the great forgotten cities of India, just half an hour from Bharatpur. https://t.co/QQDfi1YYKi
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I have just written a full article on the collection. Do have a read!
https://t.co/4X1qRGWMzB https://t.co/MMWO1HDQ4L
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As indeed is the house itself... https://t.co/nX8XVKQAV2
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The collection is extraordinary in its breadth and really deserves to be better known. https://t.co/AQsJjVHyvM
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As well as photos of princes from across the British Indian Empire, from the Omani capital of Muscat to Shan State Burma. https://t.co/0PciipmPqt
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There are also the skulls of animals hunted by Viceroy Lord Curzon. https://t.co/hBwqYugmwq
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...although there are a number of medeival weapons that seem to have other provenance... https://t.co/qRMls9y7Qx
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Most of the objects appear to have been collected during the Delhi Durbar. https://t.co/EjXU77l3ai
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Indeed, contrary to popular belief, the vast majority of Raj era Indian collections are not in the British Museum but in-situ in the houses of Raj officials. Curzon was no exception. https://t.co/PCfjrsao5L
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The lower floor of his house at Kedleston is now a museum of the Viceroy's collections, and it deserves to be far better known than it is. https://t.co/wwi6y53or5
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The Curzon India Collection
Kedleston Hall is the ancestral residence of the Curzon family and like every other Viceroy House, it is full of antiques and ivories. https://t.co/ryxOZOiHHR
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The Tomb of Viceroy Lord Curzon
In the small All Saints Church of Northern England stands the tomb of one of the most consequential figures in South Asian history: Lord Curzon. https://t.co/WLyNWzoRdS
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Pic of Lord Curzon in 1903 from the official Durbar album.
The man in-famous for Bengal Partition and famous for conservation of heritage sites.
It is said most of what he is wearing in this pic was hired from a theatre company.
Master of Divide & Rule policy. https://t.co/MlhRn0
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23 posts des 90 derniers jours, à côté de la tranche de 10K–100K abonnés. diffusé bien au-delà de son propre public, et ce public réagit.
Vues médianes1 344ce compte924médiane pour 10K–100K
Portée, %4.71%ce compte3.62%médiane pour 10K–100K
Engagement, %2.88%ce compte1.52%médiane pour 10K–100K
| Indicateur | Ce compte | Médiane pour 10K–100K | Rapport |
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| Vues médianes par post | 1 344 | 924 | 1.45× |
| Portée (vues ÷ abonnés) | 4.71% | 3.62% | 1.30× |
| Taux d'engagement | 2.88% | 1.52% | 1.89× |
Autres comptes de cette tranche → Comparer avec un autre compte → Comment ces repères sont établis →
Growth & engagement
How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.
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Last 14 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.
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Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.52%.
What the audience does
Likes76.9%2 019 in total
Reposts7.5%196 in total
Replies2.8%73 in total
Quotes0.6%17 in total
Bookmarks12.2%320 in total
Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.
The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.
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