Contents

Maps

Dramatis Personae

Introduction

1. 1599

2. An Offer He Could Not Refuse

3. Sweeping With the Broom of Plunder

4. A Prince of Little Capacity

5. Bloodshed and Confusion

6. Racked by Famine

7. The Desolation of Delhi

8. The Impeachment of Warren Hastings

9. The Corpse of India

Epilogue

Glossary

Notes

Bibliography

Image Credits

Index

A Note on the Author

Plates Section