Raj: The Making and Unmaking of British India

ISBN-13: 9780349110127 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 736 str.

Lawrence James

Opis

This is an account of British rule in India. It is the remarkable story of how the British made themselves masters of the subcontinent in less than a century, and then ruled it for a further century before departing in 1947, leaving behind the independent states of India and Pakistan.

Recenzje

The range, sweep and sheer verve of theb ook are prodigious....A masterpiece. A N WILSON

O autorze

Lawrence James was born in Bath and was educated at the University of York and Merton College, Oxford. After a distinguished teaching career he has emerged as one of the outstanding narrative historians of his generation.