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The Anarchy

William Dalrymple

Finalist for the Cundill History Prize

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The Ezra Klein Show

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The Ezra Klein Show

Ezra recommended Dalrymple's book about the East India Company's takeover of India, noting it as a compelling historical narrative.

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William Dalrymple, The Anarchy, which is about the East India Company takeover of India.

— Episode: A Critique of Government That Liberals N...

Episode: A Critique of Government That Liberals Need to Hea...

Ezra recommended Dalrymple's book about the East India Company's takeover of India, noting it as a compelling historical narrative.

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William Dalrymple, The Anarchy, which is about the East India Company takeover of India.

Anything by Dalrymple, I'd recommend.

The Rest Is History

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The Rest Is History

The hosts said the book served as a prequel to the First AngloAfghan War discussion, focusing on the East India Company's role.

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the Anarchy on the East India Company, which in a way is a kind of the prequel to the events we're going to discuss today.

— Episode: 88. The First Anglo-Afghan War

Episode: 88. The First Anglo-Afghan War

The hosts said the book served as a prequel to the First AngloAfghan War discussion, focusing on the East India Company's role.

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the Anarchy on the East India Company, which in a way is a kind of the prequel to the events we're going to discuss today.

Episode: 75. The East India Company

The hosts highlighted the title as one of Dalrymple's works while discussing the East India Company, implying it as essential reading for anyone interested in Indian or British history.

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this podcast, a wonderful historian whose books The Anarchy, White Moguls, Return of a King, The Last Mogul, anyone interested in Indian or British history I'm sure will have come across and if they haven't then they're very lucky because they've just been issued in a wonderful bumper pack

Empire: World History

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Empire: World History

The book was referenced for its vivid portrayals of historical figures, with one host describing Robert Clive as a Lord Voldemort-like character and another noting a survivor of the Patna massacre featured in its narrative. Both mentions highlighted the title's engaging storytelling about colonial India.

Episode: 153. The Founding Fathers: Alexander Hamilton (Ep...

It was mentioned as a book that featured a character named William Fullerton who was from Ayrshire and a survivor of the Patna massacre.

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And in my book, The Anarchy, there was this character called William Fullerton who was from Ayrshire, who's one of the only survivor of the Patna massacre, the other Patna.

Episode: 190. Rags to Riches: The Scots in India

It was mentioned that Robert Clive is portrayed as a "Lord Voldemort figure" in this book, due to his consistent victories on and off the battlefield and his successful navigation of political corruption.

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Robert Clive is an extraordinary character whatever you think of him and he's the kind of Lord Voldemort figure in my book The Anarchy.

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