The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company
The Anarchy won the Times History Book of the Year and was a Sunday Times Top 5 bestseller. In 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.
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- Bloomsbury Publishing
- ISBN-13
- 9781408864401
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Awards
- Cundill History PrizeShortlisted(2020)
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- The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World (2024)1 win · 5 score
- Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan (2013)0 wins · 4 score
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