An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India

by Shashi Tharoor

Book Overview

In 1930, the American historian and philosopher Will Durant wrote that Britain's conscious and deliberate bleeding of India... was the] greatest crime in all history . He was not the only one to denounce the rapacity and cruelty of British rule, and his assessment was not exaggerated. Almost thirty-five million Indians died because of acts of commission and omission by the British in famines, epidemics, communal riots and wholesale slaughter like...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 938306465X
• ISBN13: 9789383064656
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Aleph Book Company
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"

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