{"product_id":"adventurers-9780300276497","title":"Adventurers","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe unlikely beginnings of the East India Company—from Tudor origins and rivalry with the superior Dutch—to laying the groundwork for future British expansion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Howarth tells some hair-raising tales from the maiden voyage of the Company ship Peppercorn. . . . Packed with tales, as well as gruesome accounts of clashes between rival traders in the east.”—Dan Jones, \u003ci\u003eTimes \u003c\/i\u003e(UK)\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “\u003ci\u003eAdventurers \u003c\/i\u003eis essential reading.”—Dan Jones, \u003ci\u003eTimes \u003c\/i\u003e(UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[Adventurers] details the early years of what would become the world’s biggest corporation…By no means a defence of the empire, this dizzying work makes its emergence all the more remarkable.”—Daniel Brooks, \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The writer can glide from Jahangir’s memoirs and Mughal miniatures to the gossipy asides of Spanish spies, the travel tales of Richard Hakluyt and Samuel Purchas, the letters and journals of Roe.”—David Arnold, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Howarth’s study [is] quite different from its rivals, and overflowing with surprises.”—William Dalrymple, \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This is a book [Howarth] has wanted to write for 50 years. . . . The frequent exuberance of his prose echo[es] the voices of larger-than-life venturers and seafarers who fill his pages.”—Alan Mallinson, \u003ci\u003eCountry Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eAdventurers\u003c\/i\u003e is an important counterpoint to received knowledge of Anglo-Indian history, and the foundations of what was perhaps the world’s first and most controversial corporation.”—Lubaaba Al-Azami, \u003ci\u003eBBC History Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Howarth’s book is a joy of revelation, page by page. . . . Beautifully written.”—Robert Lyman, \u003ci\u003eThe Critic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I’m keeping my fingers crossed that there might be a further volume. . . . Perhaps Howarth, like those first Adventurers, will have the right amount of intrepid bravery and insanity to attempt it.”—Debbie Kilroy, \u003ci\u003eGet History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Drawing on an abundance of sources . . . indicative of deep research and of scholarship. . . . Howarth brings to life the Company’s way of doing business.“—\u003ci\u003eSeagull: Journal of the Indian Maritime Foundation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This is a fascinating book, rich in texture, beautifully written, and covering a broad sweep of history. Strongly recommended.”—Richard Morgan, \u003ci\u003eChowkidar: The BACSA Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The history of the East India Company is so often read backwards. This wonderfully well-written book restores its early development to its true context—it is, like cold water in a desert, the picture for which we’ve gasped.”—James Evans, author of \u003ci\u003eMerchant Adventurers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Fascinating and authoritative. David Howarth weaves a rich and rewarding tapestry of the uncertain, often chaotic development of the company, moving with style from London to Southeast Asia, and amassing a colourful cast list of princes, merchants and politicians. \u003ci\u003eAdventurers\u003c\/i\u003e will become the standard book on the subject, and deservedly so.”—Jerry Brotton, author of \u003ci\u003eThis Orient Isle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Howarth’s keen eye for intrigue weaves together a tale of commercial competition and imperial ambition that carries us from the Tudor court to the coasts of Japan. \u003ci\u003eAdventurers\u003c\/i\u003e is a quick-paced romp through the chaotic early history of Britain’s most infamous corporation.”—Edmond Smith, author of \u003ci\u003eMerchants\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Pragmatic, ruthless, and chaotic in turn, the early English East India Company is revealed in all its baroque extravagances in this superb and necessary new history.”—Nandini Das, author of \u003ci\u003eCourting India\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48864354107735,"sku":"9780300276497","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780300276497.jpg?v=1722271557","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/adventurers-9780300276497","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}