by Matthew Parris
A collection of valedictory despatches from British Ambassadors. Combining gems from the archives with more recent despatches obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, Parting Shots is a treasure trove of wit, venom and serious analysis.
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by Peter Bailey
'Researching Ancestors in the East India Company Armies' provides a thorough analysis of the relevant biographical sources together with an informed commentary and a series of useful tables and appendices.
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by David Gilmour
Using archival sources David Gilmour provides an absorbing account which traces the lives of the administers of Empire from recruitment to retirement, from jungle to Government House.
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by Stephanie Williams
Drawing on vast unpublished sources, this reveals the day-today lives, griefs and triumphs of governors at the height of the British Empire.
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by Matthew Parker
This compelling book tells how the West Indies became by far most valuable and important colonies in the British Empire.
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by Andrea Stuart
Fusing family biography and narrative history the author follows the thread of her own family's involvement with sugar through successive generations.
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by Matthew Parris & Andrew Bryson
Matthew Parris and Andrew Bryson bring together some of the funniest despatches from British Ambassadors abroad, in this sequel to their acclaimed Parting Shots.
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by Emma Jolly
Invaluable background and research guide for anyone tracing ancestors in British India, from the early days of the East India Company, through the Mutiny and the imposition of direct British rule in the mid-nineteenth century, to the independence mov
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by John Darwin
John Darwin's provocative and richly enjoyable new book is an attempt to make us see anew how diverse, strange and in many ways chaotic the British Empire really was.
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by William Dalrymple
Taking as its heart the love story of James Achilles Kirkpatrick this looks at the 'white Mughals' who wore local dress and adopted Indian ways and were a source of embarrassment to successive colonial administrations.
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