The Anarchy

The Relentless Rise of the East India Company

De: William Dalrymple

Narrado por: Sid Sagar

Bloomsbury presents The Anarchy by William Dalrymple, read by Sid Sagar.

THE TOP 5 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2019
THE TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR
FINALIST FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2020
LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2019
A FINANCIAL TIMES, OBSERVER, DAILY TELEGRAPH, WALL STREET JOURNAL AND TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR

‘Dalrymple is a superb historian with a visceral understanding of India … A book of beauty’ – Gerard DeGroot, The Times

In August 1765 the East India Company defeated the young Mughal emperor and forced him to establish a new administration in his richest provinces. Run by English merchants who collected taxes using a ruthless private army, this new regime saw the East India Company transform itself from an international trading corporation into something much more unusual: an aggressive colonial power in the guise of a multinational business.

William Dalrymple tells the remarkable story of the East India Company as it has never been told before, unfolding a timely cautionary tale of the first global corporate power.

©2019 William Dalrymple (P)2019 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Superb, Authoritative

The review that complains about the performance is ignorant and exactly backwards. The reader is fluent in both English and Indian pronunciations, and does a mesmerizing job of making this hugely important story hum right along. The writer, meanwhile, clearly knows this topic and is able to blend serious sociological comments with gripping, well-told history.

Interesting topic, but maybe too scholarly for audio

This book is really challenging to listen to. Large portions where the reader is just reading off source names interfere with flow and content. Furthermore the narrative jumps locations frequently and without warning, making it challenging to follow. I gave up about 30% in because I simply could not figure out half the time what was going on and why x was significant.

Very very well done.

If you've ever wondered what happened to General Cornwallis after the Battle of Yorktown . . .

pronunciation

So the book was amazing, but please have someone who can pronounce local words narrate it. the narrator was obviously struggling and mispronouncing a lot.

Wonderful book, terribly read

A truly great book. Surely they could have picked a better reader - although of Indian heritage, the reader is wholly unfamiliar with Indian words and his very poor attempts at pronouncing them in an “Indian way” are grating.