{"product_id":"the-anarchy-the-relentless-rise-of-the-east-india-company-von-william-dalrymple","title":"The Anarchy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE TOP 5 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2019\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFINALIST FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2020\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2019\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9781408864395\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe Relentless Rise of the East India Company\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Libri","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9781408864395","offer_id":39416694341725,"sku":"9781408864395","price":19.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/73461_ac75c5f3-0395-4efb-a211-84234e9ab2d6.jpg?v=1787976398","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/the-anarchy-the-relentless-rise-of-the-east-india-company-von-william-dalrymple","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}