The Anarchy

By William Dalrymple,

Book cover of The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company

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THE TOP 5 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2019
LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2019
A FINANCIAL TIMES, OBSERVER, DAILY TELEGRAPH, WALL STREET JOURNAL AND TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR

'Dalrymple is a superb historian with a visceral understanding of India ...…

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It would be economical with the truth to say that this is a short book or an easy one, but putting the work in pays off handsomely. It is the true story of the rise of the East India Company, but is also nothing short of the painful truth about economics.

For it looks at the ways a small, predatory organisation grew and grew until it commanded armies, directed princes and lorded it over some of the finest lands and cultured peoples of the world.

Dalrymple bravely tells a tale of colonialism and imperialism by boardroom and management, and for…

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