NY: Stein and Day, (1968}. First Edition. Red Cloth. FIne / in fine dust jacket.

"Confessions of a Thug uses the tools of fiction to tell a story of fact. Captain Taylor, in the service of the Nizam of Hyderabad for most of his career, was one of the pioneer investigators into Thuggee, which sprang from worship of Bhowani, the destroyer goddess of the Hindus. Her disciples were rewarded with the "right" to kill by strangulation. In effect this worship was an excuse for murder and profit. It was not until 1560 that Thuggee had been stamped out. Item #2429