For some years before his death the veteran India hand Sir Penderel Moon was engaged in what was to be the culmination of his life’s work: a large-scale history of the two centuries of British involvement in India – from the battle of Plassey to the final independence of India and Pakistan some forty years ago. It is a masterly account of men and events. Part One describes the conquests of the East India Company in the wake of the disintegrating Moghul ...
