This book, bearing the stamp of a seasoned researcher, provides a fascinating, hitherto unattempted, account of a momentous period, an epochless epoch, in the history of Madras Presidency. A dispassionate review of the colonial administration of the presidency during the thirty one years (1884-1915) which witnessed the reigns of eight Governors, it mentions their strengths and weaknesses, describes them warts and all, never failing to give the devils their due. ...
