William Bolts, a Dutch adventurer under John Company

By N L Hallward

One man, two empires, endless seas. In William Bolts, N. L. Hallward follows a Dutch-born fortune hunter who threw in his lot with John Company and found himself at the sharp edge of imperial ambition. Fortune favours the truly audacious. Written as an unabridged historical biography and a brisk colonial adventure biography, this narrative places its subject inside the British East India Company at the moment when eighteenth-century global trade was remaking Asia and Europe alike. Bolts moves through the world of european adventurers in asia and dutch merchants in india, where profit, patronage, and rivalry collided in eighteenth-century India and Bengal. Hallward's account is valued both for its readable momentum and for the way it illuminates the machinery of Company rule: the networks of shipping and finance, the contests of authority, and the moral pressure points of conquest and commerce. For readers of a Robert Clive biography or studies of the Warren Hastings era, it provides a vivid companion perspective on the people and practices that shaped the early Raj. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. As a classic imperial history reprint, it belongs on the shelves of east india company collectors, and it stands up as a colonial history research reference for anyone tracing the human stories behind empire. A searching portrait of risk, reputation, and revenue in Company-dominated waters.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9353709156
• ISBN13: 9789353709150
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"