The Battle of Plassey 1757: The Victory That Won an Empire

by Stuart Reid

Book Overview

Britain was rapidly emerging as the most powerful European nation, a position France long believed to be her own. Yet with France still commanding the largest continental army, Britain saw its best opportunities for expansion lay in the East. Yet, as Britain's influence increased through its official trading arm, the East India Company, the ruler of Bengal, Nawab Siraj-ud-daulah, sought to drive the British out of the subcontinent and turned to France...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1473885264
• ISBN13: 9781473885264
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Frontline Books
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.3"