Books
|
Buy Now
Courting India - England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire
Loot Price: R346
Discovery Miles 3 460
You Save: R74
(18%)
|
|
Courting India - England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire
(sign in to rate)
List price R420
Loot Price R346
Discovery Miles 3 460
You Save R74 (18%)
Expected to ship within 9 - 15 working days
|
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. _______________
‘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
_______________ *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 and deeply conflicted about its identity as
a unified ‘Great Britain’ under the Stuart monarchy. Meanwhile,
the court he entered in India was wealthy and cultured, its
dominion widely considered to be one of the greatest and richest
empires of the world. In Nandini Das's fascinating history of Roe's
four years in India, she offers an insider's view of a Britain in
the making, a country whose imperial seeds were just being sown. It
is a story of palace intrigue and scandal, lotteries and wagers
that unfolds as global trade begins to stretch from Russia to
Virginia, from West Africa to the Spice Islands of Indonesia. A
major debut that explores the art, literature, sights and sounds of
Jacobean London and Imperial India, Courting India reveals Thomas
Roe's time in the Mughal Empire to be a turning point in history
– and offers a rich and radical challenge to our understanding of
Britain and its early empire.
General
Imprint: |
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
February 2024 |
Authors: |
Nandini Das
|
Dimensions: |
198 x 129mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
480 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-5266-1566-4 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-5266-1566-5 |
Barcode: |
9781526615664 |
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
You might also like..
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.