Inglorious Empire by Shashi Tharoor

Inglorious Empire by Shashi Tharoor

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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 - revealing how Britain's rise was built upon its plunder of India.

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Inglorious Empire by Shashi Tharoor

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 - revealing how Britain's rise was built upon its plunder of India.

'In Inglorious Empire, Shashi Tharoor documents the realities of the British empire in India and makes a compelling case for the need to acknowledge, and, atone for, these realities'

-- Book Riot, ’14 Must-Read Indian History Books’
Shashi Tharoor served for twenty-nine years at the UN, culminating as Under-Secretary General. He is a Congress MP in India, the author of fourteen previous books and has won numerous literary awards, including a Commonwealth Writers' Prize. Tharoor has a PhD from the Fletcher School and was named by the World Economic Forum in Davos in 1998 as a Global Leader ofTomorrow.
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ISBN 13 9781849048088
ISBN 10 1849048088
Title Inglorious Empire
Author Shashi Tharoor
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Year published 2017-03-02
Number of pages 288
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