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mmesuggia t1_iz9mc1w wrote

If this is an inappropriate question please feel free to delete; I’m interested in the history of the East India Company. Any good recs? Preferably nothing too dry 😎

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elmonoenano t1_izac5l9 wrote

William Dalrymple has a series of books and a podcast. The Anarchy has gotten solidly good reviews. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/sep/11/anarchy-relentless-rise-east-india-company-william-darymple-review

His podcast is called Empire and he does it with Anita Anand who's written books on Sophia Duleep Singh and the Jallianwallah Bagh massacre. https://twitter.com/EmpirePodUK

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mmesuggia t1_izh294d wrote

Thank you so much! Appreciate your kindness 😎

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mmesuggia t1_izh2wyp wrote

Annnnnnnnd I find I have ‘The Anarchy’ in my kindle library already. Lol a good reminder to go read it!

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Fiberian_Hufky t1_j000o2w wrote

To go off of the other comment, I recently read 'The Anarchy' and it was fantastic. In my opinion, it was particularly good at balancing the political situation within the company and outside of it. It's also great to read after reading about the Mughal Empire if chronology is important. Hopefully you enjoy :)

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