William Dalrymple, bestselling historian and author of The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company, delves into the characters involved in the history. From unstable sociopath Robert Clive (or 'Clive of India') to the more gentle figure of Shah Alam.
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The Anarchy tells the remarkable story of how one of the world's most magnificent empires disintegrated and came to be replaced by a dangerously unregulated private company, based thousands of miles overseas in one small office, five windows wide, and answerable only to its distant shareholders. In his most ambitious and riveting book to date, William Dalrymple tells the story of the East India Company as it has never been told before, unfolding a timely cautionary tale of the first global corporate power.
