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Two Queens of Travancore Clay Lane

Lakshmi and her sister Parvati enlisted the help of the British Resident, Colonel Munro, to steady the Kingdom of Travancore.

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Unrivalled Grace Sir Henry Craik

Sir Henry Craik had heard such glowing reports of Agra’s Taj Mahal, that he was afraid it might prove to be an anticlimax.

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Victoria and the Munshi Clay Lane

Abdul Karim’s rapid rise in Victoria’s household made him enemies.

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Wellington’s Secret Samuel Smiles

The future hero of Waterloo dealt with political ambush as comfortably as he dealt with the military kind.

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What to Get the King Who Has Everything Sir Thomas Roe

Sir Thomas Roe had some difficulty making an impression on Emperor Jehangir.

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Free Trade, Free Peoples William Cobbett

Oldham’s firebrand MP William Cobbett rips into the the City of London for blocking economic and political progress in India.

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