{"id":25632,"date":"2019-12-03T16:01:26","date_gmt":"2019-12-03T05:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=25632"},"modified":"2024-06-26T07:44:31","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T21:44:31","slug":"william-dalrymple-the-relentless-rise-of-the-east-india-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=25632","title":{"rendered":"William Dalrymple: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-25633\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/William_Dalrymple.jpg\" alt=\"William_Dalrymple\" width=\"551\" height=\"548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/William_Dalrymple.jpg 339w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/William_Dalrymple-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/William_Dalrymple-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/William_Dalrymple-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 551px) 100vw, 551px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Interesting history lesson. Has absolutely no similarity or bearing on present day events or corporations or individuals!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>\u201cWe still talk about the British conquering India, but that phrase disguises a more sinister reality.\u201d \u2013 William Dalrymple<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The devastating story of how the British came to rule India is one characterised by aggression, ruthlessness and violence. From trading silks and spices to running a vast private security force twice the size of the British army, the East India Company mercilessly conquered the entire Indian subcontinent.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>So how did a company headquartered in a single office, five windows wide, bring down one of the world\u2019s most magnificent empires?<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Historian and best-selling author William Dalrymple delivers a rich account of Britain\u2019s harrowing colonial history, exploring how a dangerously unregulated private enterprise managed to corrupt the most senior British politicians and officials in the process.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hwd26ehENRs\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hwd26ehENRs<\/a><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interesting history lesson. Has absolutely no similarity or bearing on present day events or corporations or individuals! \u201cWe still talk about the British conquering India, but that phrase disguises a more sinister reality.\u201d \u2013 William Dalrymple The devastating story of how the British came to rule India is one characterised by aggression, ruthlessness and violence. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=25632\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;William Dalrymple: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25632"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50643,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25632\/revisions\/50643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}