With Clive in India: Or the Beginnings of an Empire
Book Description
Madras in the hands of the French Calcutta at the mercy of the Nabob of Bengal -and English influence apparently at the point of extinction in India and which ended in the final triumph of the English both in Bengal and Madras. There were yet great battles to be fought, great efforts to be made, before the vast Empire of Inia fell altogether into British hands; but these were but the sequel of the...
MoreMadras in the hands of the French Calcutta at the mercy of the Nabob of Bengal -and English influence apparently at the point of extinction in India and which ended in the final triumph of the English both in Bengal and Madras. There were yet great battles to be fought, great efforts to be made, before the vast Empire of Inia fell altogether into British hands; but these were but the sequel of the events I have described. Th% historical deta Usare, throughout the story, strictly accurate, and for them I am indebted to the history of these events written by Mr. Orme, who lived at that time, to the Life of Lord Clive, recently published by Lieutenant-C olonel Malleson, and to other standard authorities. In this book I have devoted a somewhat smaller space to the personal adventures of my hero than in my other historical tales, but the events themselves were of such a thrilling and exciting nature that no fiction could surpass them. A word as to the orthography of the names and places. An entirely new method of spelling Indian words has lately been invented by the Indian authorities. This is no doubt more correct than the rough-and-ready orthography of the early traders, and I have therefore adopted it for all little-known places.
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)
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