Malcolm
Highly regarded in India to this day, Sir John Malcolm is remarkably little known in his native Scotland. This book describes his extraordinary journey from humble origins to become a leading player in the transformation of the East India Company from a largely commercial enterprise into an agent of imperial government, during a crucial period of British and Indian political history. Born in 1769, Malcolm was one of seventeen children of a tenant farmer in the Scottish Borders. Leaving school, family and country at the age of thirteen, he achieved distinction in India over the next half-century. A quintessential all-rounder, he excelled in ma…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-907909-24-5
- EAN: 9781907909245
- Produktnummer: 16594343
- Verlag: Birlinn General
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 680 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 0 KB
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