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India
Stories from the ancient and mighty civilisation of India, from classical mythology to the Mughal Emperors, the East India Company and the British Raj.
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The Avengers
By John Buchan
John Buchan was moved by the way the nations of the British Empire volunteered for service in the Great War.
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Trunk and Disorderly
By Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
Arthur Wellesley watches on as one of his soldiers is rescued from a watery grave.
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Job’s City of Joy
The East India Company’s top agent in India was also the man who put Calcutta on the world map.
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The Real Merchant
By William Cobbett
William Cobbett makes a distinction between everyday business and the murky world of Westminster lobbyists and financial speculation.
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Free Trade, Free Peoples
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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The Mischief-Maker
Based on a story by Philip Meadows Taylor
A stranger warns the people of Shorapur that they will come to regret their hospitality.
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