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Cover

Title Page

Dedication

INTRODUCTION

PART ONE: INDIA 1750-1799

CHAPTER ONE: Conquests

I. War of the World

II. Trade to Conquest

III. Clive of India, Clive of Britain

IV. Empire Unmasked

CHAPTER TWO: Crossings

I. Beyond the Frontier

II. Chameleon Capital

III. Orientalists?

IV. Connoisseurs?

CHAPTER THREE: Compromises

I. Going Un-Native

II. Settling

III. Staying On

IV. Legacies

PART TWO: IMPERIAL COLLISION 1798-1801

CHAPTER FOUR: Invading Egypt

I. A New War, a New Empire

II. Westward Bound

III. Empire by Design

IV. Abdallah Bonaparte

CHAPTER FIVE: Seizing Seringapatam

I. Citizen Tipu

II. L’Alliance Française

III. A Dangerous Liaison

IV. The Fall, and After

CHAPTER SIX: The Objects of Victory

I. Trophies

II. A Tropical Grand Tour

III. From Kaveri to Nile

PART THREE: EGYPT 1801-1840

CHAPTER SEVEN: Rivals

I. Expansion Under Cover

II. War and Piece

III. Personal and Political

IV. An Amateur Abroad

CHAPTER EIGHT: Removals

I. The Partisans

II. The Patriot

III. A Clash of Reinventions

IV. Gentlemen and Capitalists

CHAPTER NINE: Recoveries

I. The Two Egypts

II. France Redux

III. Preservers and Destroyers

IV. Collecting Back

CONCLUSION

Acknowledgments

Note on Sources

About the Author

Notes

Index

Praise

Copyright

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