Scotland and the Indian Empire: Politics, Scholarship and the Military in Making British India is an academic account of two Scots.
It centres on Neil Edmonstone, acting Governor-General of India and Chief Intelligence Officer of the East India Company, and John Baillie, political agent for Bundelkhand.
Author Alan Tritton details precisely how they oversaw the company’s transition to a military empire by the 19th century.
A must-read for anyone interested in a history of the Raj.
Scotland and the Indian Empire: Politics, Scholarship and the Military in Making British India, by Alan Tritton, published by Bloomsbury, £19.99.
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