{"product_id":"9781526615664-courting-india","title":"Courting India","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEngland, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA profound and ground-breaking new history of one of the most important encounters in the history of colonialism: the British arrival in India in the early seventeenth century.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA triumph of writing and scholarship. It is hard to imagine anyone ever bettering Das's account of this part of the story\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e’\u003c\/b\u003e - William Dalrymple, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fascinating glimpse of the origins of the British Empire . drawn in dazzling technicolour\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e’\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Beautifully written and masterfully researched, this has the makings of a classic’ \u003c\/b\u003e- Peter Frankopan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE POL ROGER DUFF COOPER PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE HWA CROWN AWARDS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eSPECTATOR\u003c\/i\u003e, WATERSTONES, \u003ci\u003eBBC HISTORY MAGAZINE, PROSPECT\u003c\/i\u003e AND \u003ci\u003eHISTORY TODAY \u003c\/i\u003eBOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Thomas Roe arrived in India in 1616 as James I’s first ambassador to the Mughal Empire, the English barely had a toehold in the subcontinent. Their understanding of South Asian trade and India was sketchy at best, and, to the Mughals, they were minor players on a very large stage. Roe was representing a kingdom that was beset by financial woes and deeply conflicted about its identity as a unified ‘Great Britain’ under the Stuart monarchy. Meanwhile, the court he entered in India was wealthy and cultured, its dominion widely considered to be one of the greatest and richest empires of the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Nandini Das's fascinating history of Roe's four years in India, she offers an insider's view of a Britain in the making, a country whose imperial seeds were just being sown. It is a story of palace intrigue and scandal, lotteries and wagers that unfolds as global trade begins to stretch from Russia to Virginia, from West Africa to the Spice Islands of Indonesia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA major debut that explores the art, literature, sights and sounds of Jacobean London and Imperial India, \u003ci\u003eCourting India\u003c\/i\u003e reveals Thomas Roe's time in the Mughal Empire to be a turning point in history – and offers a rich and radical challenge to our understanding of Britain and its early empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41513871409249,"sku":"9781526615664","price":11.27,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28887366.jpg?v=1728363585","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781526615664-courting-india","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}