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From the reviews of The Honourable Company:

‘What a marvellous story is that of the East India Company!…And John Keay tells it well, humanely and spicily, as well as all we need about organisation, background, etc…Mr Keay gives us the spectrum, the trade with China and Japan, the Arabian Gulf, the East Indies, India, the lot.’

A. L. ROWSE, Contemporary Review

‘Splendid, tumultuous narrative history…The sotry is so colourful, at least in its early stages, that it can be read as a bumper book of Indian adventure.’

ANTHONY QUINTON, The Times

‘A tale worth retelling in detail, when it is done with as much as flair and imagination as this.’

GEOFFREY MOORHOUSE, Guardian

‘A gem of a book on a vast and complex adventure of British trading, maritime and colonial history…highly recommended not only for scholars but to all those interested in an important segment of British and human history.’

Catholic Herald

‘Full of delicious anecdotes…fascinating reading.’

WILLIAM DALRYMPLE, The Spectator