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"Taboo" ("") (Blu-ray)All eight episodes from the British television drama starring Tom Hardy, Jonathan Pryce and Oona Chaplin. Following the death of his father, a feared shipping tycoon, adventurer James Keziah Delaney Hardy returns to London in 1814 after a decade spent travelling in Africa to claim the rights to the ... |
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Napoleons Garden Island: Lost and Old Gardens of St Helena, South Atlantic Ocean (McCracken Donal P.)Napoleons Garden Island reveals the amazing botanical history of one remote Atlantic island. Though the South Atlantic island of St. Helena is best known as the site of Napoleons exile following his final defeat in 1815, this remote locale also has a rich gardening heritage and a population of hig... |
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Murder at Queens Landing (Penrose Andrea)A wealthy lord (who also happens to be a brilliant scientist) and a young widow (who secretly pens satirical political cartoons) in Regency London team up to chase down rumors of corruption within the powerful East India Company and the mysterious disappearance of friends in Andrea Penroses fourth W... |
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The Art of a Corporation: The East India Company as Patron and Collector, 1600-1860 (Howes Jennifer)The Art of a Corporation is a comprehensive study of artworks that were commissioned and collected by the East India Company from the early seventeenth to the midnineteenth centuries. These items range from oil paintings on canvas and marble statuary, to sandstone Buddhas and metal figurines of Hind... |
182,20 € |
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The Companys Sword (Welsch Christina)The Companys Sword reveals how the British East India Company acquired a private army and how Indian and European soldiers shaped the Companys expansion. Tracing the institutional development of the Companys armies alongside the rebellions that challenged its growth, Christina Welsch uncovers the mi... |
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Murder at Kensington Palace (Penrose Andrea)The fourth in a brilliant historical mystery series for fans of Deanna Raybourn, Tasha Alexander, and Amanda Quick A wealthy lord, who also happens to be a brilliant scientist, and a young widow who secretly pens satirical political cartoons, must team up to solve a shocking murder in regency London... |
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The Pioneer Merchants of Singapore: Johnston, Boustead, Guthrie and Others (R E Hale)Pioneer Merchants of Singapore tells the stories of some of Singapores earliest merchants, including Alexander Laurie Johnston, Edward Boustead, Alexander Guthrie, and eleven others, including Tan Che Sang, Dr Jose dAlmeida, and D S Napier. Much has been written about Sir Stamford Raffles and Lt. Co... |
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John Reeves: Pioneering Collector of Chinese Plants and Botanical Art (Bailey Kate)Sixty images from the RHS Reeves Collection, a hauntingly beautiful collection of Chinese botanical artwork and an insight into what life was like as an East India Company tea inspector in early nineteenth-century |
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Unmaking the East India Company: British Art and Political Reform in Colonial India, C. 1813-1858 (Young Tom)Illuminates how new modes of artistic production in colonial India shaped the British states nationalisation of the East India Company, transforming the relationship between nation and empire This pioneering book explores how art shaped the nationalisation of the East India Company between the los... |
57,00 € |
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Gurkha Odyssey: Campaigning for the Crown (Duffell Peter)It is 1814 and the Bengal Army of the Honourable East India Company is at war with a marauding Nepal. It is here that the British first encounter the martial spirit of their indomitable foe - the Gurkha hill men from that mountainous independent land. Impressed by their fighting qualities and with t... |
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Epic Drives of the WorldBuckle up for the next installment in our 'Epic' series and the follow-up to Epic Bike Rides of the World. Epic Drives of the World, a beautiful paperback, showcases 50 of the greatest road trips on Earth, from classic routes in America, Australia and Europe, to incredible adventures in Asia and Afr... |
19,76 € |
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All about Flags! (Jacobs Robin)A refreshingly engaging introduction to flags of the world and the stories they tell. Did you know that the flag of the USA was inspired by that of the East India Company - a private shipping company that traded in the spoils of the British Empire? Do you know what the black star on the flag of Gha... |
17,84 € |
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William Cotton Oswell, Hunter and Explorer: The Story of His Life with Certain Correspondence and Extracts from the Private Journal of David Livingsto (Oswell William Edward)The life of English explorer William Cotton Oswell (1818 93) was marked by adventures and discoveries. At nineteen, he left Essex for Madras, where he worked for the East India Company and became a renowned elephant catcher. Due to poor health, he was sent to South Africa, the empire of wild sport, ... |
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Forgotten Masters: Indian Painting for the East India Company (Dalrymple William)As the East India Company extended its sway across India in the late eighteenth century, many remarkable artworks were commissioned by Company officials from Indian painters who had previously worked for the Mughals. Published to coincide with the first UK exhibition of these masterworks at The Wall... |
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Human Capital and Empire: Scotland, Ireland, Wales and British Imperialism in Asia, C.1690-C.1820 (MacKillop Andrew)Human capital and empire compares the role of Scots, Irish and Welsh within the English East India Company between c. 1690 and c. 1820. It focuses on why the three groups developed such distinctive and different profiles within the corporation and its wider colonial activities in Asia. Besides contr... |
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"Warrior Queen of Jhansi" ("Swati Bhise") (DVD)British historical action adventure. During the 1857 Indian Rebellion against the British East India Company, 24-year-old Rani Lakshmibai Devika Bhise leads her troops into battle against the British Empire, sparking a revolt that leads to the demise of the East India Company. The cast also includes... |
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The First Afghan War 1839-42: Invasion, Catastrophe and Retreat (Macrory Richard)In 1839, forces of the British East India Company crossed the Indus to invade Afghanistan on the pretext of reinstating a former king, Shah Soojah, to his rightful throne. The reality was that this was another step in Britains Great Game--Afghanistan would create a buffer to any potential Russian ex... |
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Koh-i-Noor (Dalrymple William)The first comprehensive and authoritative history of the Koh-i-Noor, arguably the most celebrated and mythologised jewel in the world. On 29 March 1849, the ten-year-old maharaja of the Punjab was ushered into the magnificent Mirrored Hall at the centre of the great fort in Lahore. There, in a publ... |
13,92 € |
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"Beecham House" ("") (DVD)All six episodes from the television drama set at the end of the 1700s which follows the lives of the Beecham family, who have recently acquired a grand mansion in Delhi, prior to British rule. The head of the house is John Beecham Tom Bateman, who having served the East India Company now looks to b... |
24,00 € |
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Swords Trembling in Their Scabbards (Creese Michael)The Indian Army founded by the East India Company in the eighteenth century was unique among the armies of the world in that it had two groups of officers - British and Indian. The intention was that the Indian officers, coming from similar backgrounds as their men and naturally understanding their ... |
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