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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 ... |
34,96 € |
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The First Anglo-Sikh War 1845-46: The Betrayal of the Khalsa (Smith David)A highly illustrated account of the First Anglo-Sikh War of 1845-56, a dramatic, hard-fought, and colorful conflict during Britains rule of India. This fully illustrated study of the First Anglo-Sikh War tells the story of one of the major colonial wars of the nineteenth century, as the British Eas... |
19,16 € |
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Retribution Road (Varenne Antonin)We owe you our lives, Sergeant, but you are our worst nightmare . . . Burma, 1852. Sergeant Arthur Bowman, a sergeant in the East India Company, is sent on a secret mission during the Second Anglo-Burmese War. But the expedition is foiled - his men are captured and tortured. Throughout their ordeal... |
13,40 € |
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Savage Beasts (Rani Selvarajah)'A beautiful and unique retelling of Medea. I loved it!' Sunday Times bestselling author Sophie Irwin 'Absorbing and thoughtful...full of page-turning drama and vibrantly drawn characters. Bold and illuminating' Claire Heywood, author of Daughters of Sparta A propulsive retelling inspired by the Gre... |
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Suffren Versus Hughes: War in the Indian Ocean 1781-1783 (Barry Quintin)This book describes the fascinating but relatively little-known naval campaign between Britain and France for mastery of the Indian Ocean in the closing years of the War of American Independence. It is effectively the third volume of a trilogy recording the history of the Royal Navy during this peri... |
24,84 € |
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"Stranglers of Bombay" ("Terence Fisher") (Blu-ray)Terence Fisher directs this 1950s adventure horror from Hammer Films which recreates the British defeat of the murderous Kali devil cult in India in the 1830s. The cult specialises in strangulation as a means of driving the British from their trading station, and when their methods significantly dis... |
14,76 € |
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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... |
5,32 € |
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A Kings Trade: An Alan Lewrie Naval Adventure (Lambdin Dewey)A Kings Trade is the powder-packed thirteenth installment in Dewey Lambdins classic naval adventure series. After Yellow Fever decimated the crew of Alan Lewries HMS Proteus, it had seemed like a knacky idea to abscond with a dozen slaves from a Jamaican plantation to help man his frigate. But two ... |
20,08 € |
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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... |
131,76 € |
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The Briny South: Displacement and Sentiment in the Indian Ocean World (Boer Nienke)In The Briny South Nienke Boer examines the legal and literary narratives of enslaved, indentured, and imprisoned individuals crossing the Indian Ocean to analyze the formation of racialized identities in the imperial world. Drawing on court records, ledgers, pamphlets, censors reports, newsletters,... |
107,84 € |
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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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