ISBN: 9781857974348 - talwar (8 Ergebnisse)

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Paperback. Zustand: Fair. 630 pages. ex-library, with usual stamps & markings tannedHayden Flint & his father challenge the monopoly of the East India Company,b ut their personal battles will jeopardise the future of the British in India.Two women will play key roles in the complex drama about money & power;Politics & love.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 630 pages. Cover worn & damagedImagine a corporation so powerful that it rules trade across the globe, fuels the first truly world war, creates governments and even gives birth to new coun tries . The year is 1746, and the corporation is the East India Company. The War of the Austrian Succession has been blazing for six years. In India, Warring Fr ench and British trade interests are fighting for control of the decaying Moghul empire. Into this maelstrom steps trader's son, Hayden Flint, and Company clerk , Robert Clive. Love and war on a spectacular scale. A magnificent blend of hist orical adventure and romance in the great tradition of James Clavell. Talwar is a novel set against the history-making events of those early days, entwined with the mystery surrounding one of the world's greatest jewels, the Koh-i-Noor diam ond. Much has been written about the end of the British Raj in India, but how d id British influence there start? In fact, the Raj -- direct rule by the British crown -- only began in the mid-19th Century. During the hundred years before th at, various parts of India were annexed and administered by the East India Compa ny which filled a power vacuum created by the collapse of the Moghul empire. War came to the trading ports of the Bay of Bengal, alliances were formed with vari ous local leaders and conflict was carried inexorably into the interior. One of the foremost names associated with the Anglo-French disputes in India at this ti me was Robert Clive, who did much to prevent India from becoming French. Clive w ent out to India as a humble clerk, and the story of his transformation into the most successful soldier of his time is astonishing. Clive was a driven individu al and a would-be suicide. He was certainly not a paradigm of selflessness. As a.…