Description: Further DetailsTitle: Courting IndiaCondition: NewSubtitle: England, Mughal India and the Origins of EmpireISBN-10: 1526615665EAN: 9781526615664ISBN: 9781526615664Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 02/15/2024Description: WINNER OF THE BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZEA 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 FrankopanSHORTLISTED FOR THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE POL ROGER DUFF COOPER PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE HWA CROWN AWARDSA SPECTATOR, WATERSTONES, BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE, PROSPECT AND HISTORY TODAY BOOK OF THE YEARWhen 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.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 198mmItem Length: 129mmAuthor: Nandini DasGenre: BiographyTopic: Law & PoliticsRelease Year: 2024 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Courting India
Title: Courting India
Subtitle: England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire
ISBN-10: 1526615665
EAN: 9781526615664
ISBN: 9781526615664
Release Date: 02/15/2024
Release Year: 2024
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Item Height: 198mm
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Topic: Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714), International Relations / General, Asia / India & South Asia, Europe / Great Britain / General, World, Historical
Book Title: Courting India : England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire
Number of Pages: 480 Pages
Language: English
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Political Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Author: Nandini Das
Item Length: 7.8 in
Item Width: 5.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
