The American edition sports the provocative subtitle, “The East India Company ... economics — opportunism by a company agent, in this case Clive of India. The “anarchy” in the book ...

Mughal emperor Shah Alam II grants Robert Clive, leader of the East India Company’s army, the ability to collect taxes in Bengal. Photograph by Hulton Archive, Getty The East India Company’s ...

But playing a key role in the background was East India Company, a ruthless and powerful British-owned trading organization that gradually seized control of large parts of the subcontinent.

CLIVE OF PLASSEY —A. Mervyn Davies — Scribner ($3.75). Most people remember Robert, Lord Clive as a figure ... friendless and unfriendly clerk of the East India Company to a military hero.

Released in 2019, the book encompasses more than 200 years, covering how the infamous East India Company rose to prominence against the decline and fall of the storied Mughal Empire. It provides a ...