The Anarchy: The Rlentless Rise in India Company

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bloomsbury Publishing; 1st edition (3 Sept. 2020)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 576 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1408864398
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1408864395
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 19.7 x 4.2 x 13 cm

'Dalrymple is a superb historian with a visceral understanding of India . A book of beauty' - Gerard DeGroot, The Times

In August 1765 the East India Company defeated the young Mughal emperor and forced him to establish a new administration in his richest provinces. Run by English merchants who collected taxes using a ruthless private army, this new regime saw the East India Company transform itself from an international trading corporation into something much more unusual: an aggressive colonial power in the guise of a multinational business.

William Dalrymple tells the remarkable story of the East India Company as it has never been told before, unfolding a timely cautionary tale of the first global corporate power.