Courting India

Nandini Das

When Thomas Roe arrived in India in 1616 as James I's first ambassador to the Mughal Empire, the English barely had a toehold in the subcontinent. Their understanding of South Asian trade and India was sketchy at best, and, to the Mughals, they were minor players on a very large stage. Roe was representing a kingdom that was beset by financial woes and deeply conflicted about its identity as a unified 'Great Britain' under the Stuart monarchy. Meanwhile, the court he entered in India was wealthy and cultured, its dominion widely considered to be one of the greatest and richest empires of the world. In Nandini Das's fascinating history of Roe's four years in India, she offers an insider's view of a Britain in the making, a country whose imperial seeds were just being sown.

Author(s): Das, Nandini
Binding: Paperback
Date of Publication: 15/02/2024
Pagination: 480 pages
Series: N/A
Imprint: Bloomsbury
Published By: Bloomsbury
Book Classification: |Diplomacy
Dimensions: 196x128x32
Weight: 360
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9781526615664