The British in India by David Gilmour

A SUNDAY TIMES THE TIMES SPECTATOR NEW STATESMAN TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR A richly panoramic exploration of the British experience of India ... hugely researched and elegantly written sensitive to the ironies of the past and brimming with colourful details Dominic Sandbrook Sunday Times The British in this book lived in India from shortly after the reign of Elizabeth I until well into the reign of Elizabeth II. Who were they What drove these men and women to risk their lives on long voyages down the Paperback softback