{"product_id":"the-anarchy-the-relentless-rise-of-the-east-india-company","title":"The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE TOP 5 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2019\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFINALIST FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2020\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2019\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e OBSERVER,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eDAILY TELEGRAPH, WALL STREET JOURNAL\u003c\/i\u003e AND \u003ci\u003eTIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Dalrymple is a superb historian with a visceral understanding of India\u003c\/b\u003e ... \u003cb\u003eA book of beauty\u003c\/b\u003e' -  \u003cb\u003eGerard DeGroot, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn August 1765 the East India Company defeated the young Mughal emperor and forced him to establish a new administration in his richest provinces. Run by English merchants who collected taxes using a ruthless private army, this new regime saw the East India Company transform itself from an international trading corporation into something much more unusual: an aggressive colonial power in the guise of a multinational business.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e  William Dalrymple tells the remarkable story of the East India Company as it has never been told before, unfolding a timely cautionary tale of the first global corporate power.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 576 pages | Published September 2020\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63833442222429,"sku":"9781408864395","price":18.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/9781408864395.jpg?v=1773406460","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/the-anarchy-the-relentless-rise-of-the-east-india-company","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}