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Courting India

England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire

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Courting India

Written by: Nandini Das
Narrated by: Anu Anand
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Bloomsbury presents Courting India by Nandini Das, read by Anu Anand.

WINNER OF THE BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZE
A SPECTATOR, WATERSTONES, BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE, PROSPECT AND HISTORY TODAY BOOK OF THE YEAR
A 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.

‘A triumph of writing and scholarship. It is hard to imagine anyone ever bettering Das's account of this part of the story’ – William Dalrymple, Financial Times
‘A fascinating glimpse of the origins of the British Empire . . . drawn in dazzling technicolour’ – Spectator
‘Beautifully written and masterfully researched, this has the makings of a classic’ – Peter Frankopan

SHORTLISTED FOR THE POL ROGER DUFF COOPER PRIZE
LONGLISTED FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE
SHORTLISTED FOR THE HWA CROWN AWARDS

When 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.

In 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.

A major debut that explores the art, literature, sights and sounds of Jacobean London and Imperial India, Courting India 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.

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©2023 Nandini Das (P)2023 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Colonialism & Post-Colonialism Great Britain India South Asia World

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