The Patient Assassin: A True Tale of Massacre, Revenge, and India's Quest for Independence
By: Anita Anand
4.24
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
The dramatic true story of a celebrated young survivor of a 1919 British massacre in India, and his…
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1. City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi
By: William Dalrymple , Olivia Fraser
4.12
Format: 350 pages, Paperback
Sparkling with irrepressible wit, City of Djinns peels back the layers of Delhi's centuries-old his… read more
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"There was that all-pervasive evening scent of cut grass and jasmine."-William Dalrymple, City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi
"Partition was a total catastrophe for Delhi,’ she said. ‘Those who were left behind are in misery. Those who were uprooted are in misery. The Peace of Delhi is gone. Now it is all gone."-William Dalrymple, City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi
"His diaries had begun to assume something of the knowingness of incipient middle age; at times, indeed, he was in danger of becoming priggish and opinionated. As with many later European voyagers, tr…"-William Dalrymple, City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi
2. Koh-I-Noor: The History of the World's Most Infamous Diamond
By: William Dalrymple , Anita Anand
4.04
Format: 335 pages,
The first comprehensive and authoritative history of the Koh-i Noor, arguably the most celebrated a… read more
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3. Nine Lives
By: William Dalrymple
4.23
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
From the author of The Last Mughal and In Xanadu, comes a mesmerizing book that explores how tradit… read more
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4. For All the Tea in China: Espionage, Empire and the Secret Formula for the World's Favourite Drink
By: Sarah Rose
4.17
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Robert Fortune was a Scottish gardener, botanist, plant hunter - and industrial spy. In 1848, the E… read more
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5. Gitanjali: Song Offerings
By: W.B. Yeats , Rabindranath Tagore
3.86
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
"Gitanjali," or Song Offerings, is a collection of poems translated by the author, Rabindranath Tag… read more
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6. Gun Monkeys
By: Victor Gischler
3.36
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Charlie Swift just pumped three .38-caliber bullets into a dead polar bear in his taxidermist girlf… read more
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7. Sea of Poppies (Ibis Trilogy, #1)
By: Amitav Ghosh
3.89
Format: 440 pages, Paperback
At the heart of this vibrant saga is a vast ship, the Ibis. Her destiny is a tumultuous voyage acro… read more
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8. Super-Cannes
By: J.G. Ballard
3.78
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Eden-Olympia is more than just a multinational business park, it is a virtual city-state in itself,… read more
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9. The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire
By: William Dalrymple
4.20
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
The story of how the East India Company took over large swaths of Asia, and the devastating results… read more
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10. Empireland: How Imperialism has Shaped Modern Britain
By: Sathnam Sanghera
4.10
Format: 306 pages, Hardcover
In his brilliantly illuminating new book Sathnam Sanghera demonstrates how so much of what we consi… read more
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"It is puerile to reduce imperial history to a matter of 'good' and 'bad'; trying to weigh up the positive and negative in this way is like defending the morality of kicking a random old man in the sh…"-Sathnam Sanghera, Empireland: How Imperialism has Shaped Modern Britain
"After the First World War, the man in charge of recruitment at the Colonial Office was Major Ralph Dolignon Furse, a decorated war hero, a keen rugby and cricket player and, crucially, holder of a po…"-Sathnam Sanghera, Empireland: How Imperialism has Shaped Modern Britain
11. The Savage Storm: The Battle for Italy 1943
By: James Holland
4.33
Format: 568 pages, Hardcover
Acclaimed WWII historian James Holland’s new book both recasts the controversial Italian Campaign a… read more
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12. Empireworld: How British Imperialism Has Shaped the Globe
By: Sathnam Sanghera
4.04
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
In his ground-breaking new book, Sathnam Sanghera traces the legacies of British empire around the … read more
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13. Smoke and Ashes: A Writer's Journey through Opium's Hidden Histories
By: Amitav Ghosh
4.14
Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition
When Amitav Ghosh began his research for the Ibis Trilogy some twenty years ago, he was startled to… read more
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14. Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire
By: Caroline Elkins
4.26
Format: 896 pages, Hardcover
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian: a searing study of the British Empire that interrogates … read more
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15. The Rest is History: The Official Book from the Makers of the Hit Podcast
By: Tom Holland
3.85
Format: 522 pages, Kindle Edition
Make room Herodotus, stand down Bede, pipe down Pepys... there's a new history book in town. Fro… read more
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16. The African Samurai
By: Craig Shreve
4.07
Format: 275 pages, Paperback
Set in late 16th-century Africa, India, Portugal, and Japan, The African Samurai is a powerful hist… read more
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17. Keir Starmer: The Biography
By: Tom Baldwin
4.06
Format: 428 pages, Kindle Edition
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'This will be the most important political book of the year’ MATTHEW… read more
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18. The Patient Assassin: A True Tale of Massacre, Revenge, and India's Quest for Independence
By: Anita Anand
4.24
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
The dramatic true story of a celebrated young survivor of a 1919 British massacre in India, and his… read more
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19. Partition Voices: Untold British Stories
By: Kavita Puri
4.46
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
Dotted across homes in Britain are people who were witnesses to one of the most tumultuous events o… read more
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20. The Fall
By: Michael Wolff
3.55
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” ―Leo Tolstoy, Anna … read more
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