John Keay

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1. John Keay

   Author of The Great Arc: The Dramatic Tale of How India Was Mapped and Everest Was Named, The Honourable Company: A History of the English East India Company, The Spice Route: A History
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2. William Dalrymple

   Author of From the Holy Mountain, In Xanadu, The Age of Kali: Indian Travels and Encounters
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3. John Julius Norwich

   Author of A Short History of Byzantium, A History of Venice, Byzantium: The Decline and Fall

4. Peter Hopkirk

   Author of The great game : on secret service in high Asia, Foreign Devils on the Silk Road: The Search for the Lost Cities and Treasures of Chinese Central Asia, Like Hidden Fire: The Plot to Bring Down the British Empire

5. Lawrence James

   Author of The Rise and Fall of the British Empire, Raj: The Making and Unmaking of British India, Warrior Race: A History of the British at War

6. Jan Morris

   Author of Heaven's Command: An Imperial Progress, Farewell The Trumpets: An Imperial Retreat, Hong Kong

7. Simon Winchester

   Author of Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883, The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology, The River at the Center of the World

8. Christopher Hibbert

   Author of Cities and Civilisations, The Great Mutiny

9. Jacques Gernet

   Author of A History of Chinese Civilization

10. Henry Kamen

    Author of The Spanish Inquisition: A Historical Revision, Empire: How Spain Became a World Power, 1492-1763

11. John Prebble

    Author of Culloden, The Highland Clearances, Glencoe

12. Robin Lane Fox

    Author of The Classical World: An Epic History from Homer to Hadrian, Alexander the Great

13. Simon Schama

    Author of Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution, The American Future: A History

14. Eric Newby

    Author of A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush, Slowly Down the Ganges (Picador Books), On the Shores of the Mediterranean
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15. Nigel Davies

    Author of Early Latin American Empires, Volume 2, Early Latin American Empires, Volume 3

16. Peter Fleming

    Author of News from Tartary, Brazilian Adventure, One's Company: A Journey to China in 1933

17. Sir Richard Burton

    Author of A Secret Pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina, Source of the Nile

18. Charles Allen

    Author of Plain Tales from the Raj, The Buddha and the Sahibs: The Men Who Discovered India's Lost Religion, A Mountain in Tibet: The Search for Mount Kailas and the Sources of the Great Rivers of Asia

19. Niall Ferguson

    Author of The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World, Virtual History, The House of Rothschild: Volume 1: Money's Prophets: 1798-1848

20. Paul Theroux

    Author of Riding the Iron Rooster, The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas, Fresh Air Fiend: Travel Writings