United Kingdom. Penguin Books. 2019. Maps, 67 colour plates, 1 black and white portrait, 618pp, index, bibliography, notes, paperback. The British in this book lived in India from shortly after the reign of Elizabeth I until well into the reign of Elizabeth II. They were soldiers, officials, businessmen, doctors and..... More
Melbourne. Scribe Publications. 2018. xxxi + 294pp, notes, bibliography, index, paperback. In the eighteenth century, India's share of the world economy was as large as Europe's. By 1947, after two centuries of British rule, it had decreased six-fold. Beyond conquest and deception, the Empire blew rebels from cannon, massacred unarmed..... More
Australia: Scribe Publications, 2018. 384pp, paperback. Signed copy. India's association with magicians goes back thousands of years. Conjurers and illusionists dazzled the courts of Hindu maharajas and Mughal emperors. As British dominion spread over the subcontinent, such wonder-workers became synonymous with India. Western magicians appropriated Indian attire, tricks, and stage..... More
