- 1977 edition. 211 pages.
- Published by Purnell Book Services
- Hardcover. Format B. D/j. Illustrated and indexed.
- Condition. Very Good. Some foxing on page edges.
'Clive - that man not born for a desk - that heaven-born general!'
...so William Pitt the elder described the subject of this penetrating biography, the most challengly enigmatic figure in the history of British India.
It was Robert Clive who, through a series of astonishing military victories, brought Bengal into the Empire and thus assured the steady extension od British rule in India.
Yet, as Michael Edwardes shows, he was not so much a military genius as a brilliant opportunist who understood the game of Indian politics best played by Indian rules.
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