Zwanzig Jahre an Indischen Fürstenhöfen

The author recounts two decades spent as a palace official and adviser at Indian princely courts, offering detailed vignettes of ceremonial life, domestic routines, hunting parties, and courtly display. He sketches portraits of rulers, courtiers, servants, and entertainers, and describes religious customs, festivals, animal lore, and practical affairs of state and household. Interspersed are travel episodes and scenes from other ports and cities, alongside reflections on social habits, manners, and material culture, conveyed through anecdote and reportage that balances ethnographic observation with personal reminiscence.