MAcmILLAN DISTRIBUTION (MDL) The Anarchy by William Dalrymple - Fictional History, Hardcover, 576 Pages Freeoffer

Key Features:

• The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company is a 2019 history book by William Dalrymple. 
• It recounts the rise of the East India Company in the second half of the 18th century, in the backdrop of a crumbling Mughal empire and the rise of regional powers
• It is both the definitive analysis of the first Afghan war and a work of stunning topicality.

Product Description 

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

Specifications:

Brand - Macmillan Distribution (MDL)

Title - The Anarchy

Type - Story Book

Number of Pages - 576

Language - English

Format - Hardcover

Author -  William Dalrymple

Publishing Date - 10 September 2019

Publisher - Bloomsbury Publishing

Items Included in the Package:

1 Book