Courting India: England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire by Das Nandini D

Description: Courting India by Das Nandini Das When Thomas Roe arrived in India in 1616 as James Is 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 Dass fascinating history of Roes four years in India, she offers an insiders 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 Roes 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. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Nandini Das is professor of Early Modern Literature and Culture in the English faculty at the University of Oxford. Brought up in India, she was educated at the Jadavpur University in Kolkata, before moving to England for further study. Among other books, she is co-editor of The Cambridge History of Travel Writing. A BBC New Generation Thinker, she regularly presents television and radio programmes, including Tales of Tudor Travel: The Explorers Handbook on BBC4. Review A triumph of writing and scholarship. It is hard to imagine anyone ever bettering Dass account of this part of the story William Dalrymple, Financial TimesA fascinating glimpse of the origins of the British Empire . . . drawn in dazzling technicolour SpectatorBeautifully written and masterfully researched, this has the makings of a classic Peter Frankopan Promotional 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. Review Quote What a joy to find the first official Indo-British encounter receiving the scholarly attention and enthralling treatment it deserves ... A modern masterpiece, delightful, enlightening and faultless Promotional "Headline" 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. Feature APPEAL: A major trade debut for readers of William Dalrymple; this is in many ways a precursor to his bestselling history of the East India Company, The Anarchy (nearly 85K TCM). Interest in British imperialism has seen Shashi Tharoors Inglorious Empire sell nearly 45K TCM and Sathnam Sangheras Empireland sell nearly 80K TCM. Details ISBN1526615657 Year 2023 ISBN-10 1526615657 ISBN-13 9781526615657 Format Paperback Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Author Das Nandini Das Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing (uk) Language English Subtitle England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire Publication Date 2023-04-12 UK Release Date 2023-04-12 Pages 480 AU Release Date 2023-04-12 NZ Release Date 2023-04-12 DEWEY 954.0256 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:141837222;

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