The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company
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Like so much about the power of the East India Company, the modest appearance of East India House was deeply deceptive.
Richard Wellesley conquered more of India than Napoleon did of Europe. Despising the mercantile spirit of the East India Company, he used its armies and resources successfully to wage the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War,