The Anarchy

William Dalrymple

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The Relentless Rise of the East India Company

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Verlag:: Bloomsbury UK, 09/2020
Einband:: Kartoniert / Broschiert, Paperback
Sprache:: Englisch
ISBN-13:: 9781408864395
Artikelnummer:: 9507233
Gewicht:: 540 g
Maße:: 198 x 130 mm
Stärke:: 43 mm
Erscheinungstermin:: 15.9.2020
Hinweis: Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!

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THE TOP 5 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2019
THE TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR
FINALIST FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2020
LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2019
A FINANCIAL TIMES, OBSERVER, DAILY TELEGRAPH, WALL STREET JOURNAL AND TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR

'Dalrymple is a superb historian with a visceral understanding of India . A book of beauty' - Gerard DeGroot, The Times

In August 1765 the East India Company defeated the young Mughal emperor and forced him to establish a new administration in his richest provinces. Run by English merchants who collected taxes using a ruthless private army, this new regime saw the East India Company transform itself from an international trading corporation into something much more unusual: an aggressive colonial power in the guise of a multinational business.

William Dalrymple tells the remarkable story of the East India Company as it has never been told before, unfolding a timely cautionary tale of the first global corporate power.

Biografie

William Dalrymple was born in Scotland and brought up on the shores of the Firth of Forth.He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and of the Royal Asiatic Society. His Radio 4 series on the history of British spirituality and mysticism, 'The Long Search' , won the 2002 Sandford St. Martin Prize for Religious Broadcasting. He is married to the artist Olivia Fraser, and they have three children. They divide their time between London, Scotland and Delhi.