Inglorious Empire: What the British Did to India by Shashi Tharoor

Inglorious Empire: What the British Did to India

Shashi Tharoor

336 pages first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction historical history politics informative medium-paced

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Inglorious Empire tells the real story of the British in India — from the arrival of the East India Company to the end of the Raj — and reveals how Britain’s rise was built upon its plunder of India.In the eighteenth century, India’s share of the ...

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