Name: The British in India: Three Centuries of Ambition and Experience
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Author: David Gilmour
ISBN: 9780141979212

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The British in India: Three Centuries of Ambition and Experience

Type

Physical Book

Author

David Gilmour

Publisher

Penguin

Year

2019

Language

English

Pages

640

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9780141979212

The British in India: Three Centuries of Ambition and Experience

David Gilmour (Author) · Penguin · Paperback

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Synopsis "The British in India: Three Centuries of Ambition and Experience "

A SUNDAY TIMES, THE TIMES, SPECTATOR, NEW STATESMAN, TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR'A richly panoramic exploration of the British experience of India ... hugely researched and elegantly written, sensitive to the ironies of the past and brimming with colourful details' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday TimesThe British in this book lived in India from shortly after the reign of Elizabeth I until well into the reign of Elizabeth II. Who were they? What drove these men and women to risk their lives on long voyages down the Atlantic and across the Indian Ocean or later via the Suez Canal? And when they got to India, what did they do and how did they live?This book explores the lives of the many different sorts of Briton who went to India: viceroys and offcials, soldiers and missionaries, planters and foresters, merchants, engineers, teachers and doctors. It evokes the three and a half centuries of their ambitions and experiences, together with the lives of their families, recording the diversity of their work and their leisure, and the complexity of their relationships with the peoples of India. It also describes the lives of many who did not fit in with the usual image of the Raj: the tramps and rascals, the men who 'went native', the women who scorned the role of the traditional memsahib.David Gilmour has spent decades researching in archives, studying the papers of many people whohave never been written about before, to create a magnificent tapestry of British life in India. It isexceptional work of scholarly recovery portrays individuals with understanding and humour, and makes an original and engaging contribution to a long and important period of British and Indian history.

David Gilmour

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David Gilmour is a British historian and writer specializing in biographies and historical essays. His works explore key figures and events in European history, with a focus on Italy and the UK. Among his most notable books is The Last Leopard: Life of Giuseppe di Lampedusa (2007), where he narrates the life of the author of The Leopard.

Other notable works include The Pursuit of Italy (2011), about Italian unification, and Curzon: Imperial Statesman (1994), a biography of the British politician Lord Curzon. His style combines historical rigor with engaging narrative, making him a reference in contemporary historical literature.

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