The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company
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| Management number | 233452154 | Release Date | 2026/06/27 | List Price | US$90.00 | Model Number | 233452154 | ||
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Bloomsbury presents The Anarchy by William Dalrymple, read by Sid Sagar.THE TOP 5 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2019THE TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEARFINALIST FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2020LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2019A 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 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. Read more
| ASIN | B07YZRKCHN |
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| Author | William Dalrymple |
| Version | Unabridged |
| Language | English |
| Narrator | Sid Sagar |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Program Type | Audiobook |
| Listening Length | 15 hours and 43 minutes |
| Whispersync for Voice | Ready |
| Audiblecom Release Date | October 17, 2019 |
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