![]() Some kind of company genealogical tree with all the relevant names and territories for each period would also have been a great way to keep track of what was happening where and to whom. It would be be a boon if this book was split into two or three volumes and expanded to include much more than could fit into one, especially some more on the characters involved and some more on the typical lives led by the factors, governors, etc. Having been inspired by this book I have now sought out some of the sources referenced therein to add to my library. This can confuse as the times will necessarily backtrack a little to say cover say Bombay and then Madras.Īs a history book, this is a well researched and written book aswell as being easy to read. ![]() The author tries to mitigate this by breaking the chapters into different different time periods and regions. Two hundred years ago, India was seen as a place with little history and less culture.Today it is revered for a notable prehistory, a magnificent classical. I found it mostly a very good read thanks to the use of entertaining anecdotes but because it does try to encompass so much into a tiny space there are a lot of facts and background information introduced to cover a each chapter. ![]() I would disagree with some of the other reviewers on the matter of dryness, I have read much drier history books. ![]()
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