5/13/2023 0 Comments Dalrymple the anarchyFor it was not the British government that began seizing chunks of India in the mid-eighteenth century, but a dangerously unregulated private company headquartered in one small office, five windows wide, in the city of London. We still talk about the British conquering India, but that phrase disguises a much more sinister reality. 'Gorgeous, spellbinding and important' Sunday Times 'Rampaging, brilliant, passionate history' Wall Street Journal 'Magnificent … Dalrymple has uncovered sources never used before' Guardian 'Vivid … unmatched … revolutionary … humane' Sunday Telegraph _ From multi-award-winning and bestselling historian William Dalrymple, a four-book collection chronicling the extraordinary story of the rise and fall of the East India Company.
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