Courting India [electronic resource] : England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire
Nandini Das2023
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A profound and ground-breaking new history of one of the most important
encounters in the history of colonialism: the British arrival in India in the
early seventeenth century.
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' A triumph of writing and scholarship. It is hard to imagine anyone ever
bettering Das's account of this part of the story ' - William Dalrymple,
Financial Times
' A fascinating glimpse of the origins of the British Empire . . . drawn in
dazzling technicolour ' - Spectator
'Beautifully written and masterfully researched, this has the makings of a
classic' - Peter Frankopan
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*A Financial Times Book to Read in 2023*
When Thomas Roe arrived in India in 1616 as James I's first ambassador to the
Mughal Empire, the English barely had a toehold in the subcontinent. Their
understanding of South Asian trade and India was sketchy at best, and, to the
Mughals, they were minor players on a very large stage. Roe was representing a
kingdom that was beset by financial woes...
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Author:
Nandini Das, Author
Imprint:
United Kingdom : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (480)
Audience:
General / adult
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781526615671
Language:
English
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BRN:
437502
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