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Loading... Guardian of the East India Company: The Life of Laurence Sulivan (International Library of Historical Studies)by George K. McGilvary
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"A biography of an almost of a seemingly forgotten yet singularly important eighteenth century figure, this book includes revealing insights into the business and political landscape of his day, and explores both his professional and personal life, essential for histories of Britain and the Empire. Laurence Sulivan embodied the East India Company. He lived at the Company's heart in the city of London and controlled a vast commercial and political empire during Britain's 'Commercial Revolution', in the late eighteenth century, and rise to superpower status and supremacy in India and South and Southeast Asia. He was 'kingmaker', politician, manipulator and negotiator, deeply involved in British and Indian affairs, friend and confident of Chatham, Clive, Burke and Pitt the Younger and - very importantly - protector of Warren Hastings. George K. McGilvary paints a vivid and convincing picture of a supremely influential and colourful business figure as he controlled the most powerful private company of his day - and at the centre of the eighteenth century public-private nexus in business and government."--Bloomsbury publishing. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)954.029092History and Geography Asia India and South Asia 647–1875LC ClassificationRatingAverage: No ratings.Is this you?Become a LibraryThing Author. |