Guardian of the East India Company: The Life of Laurence Sulivan (International Library of Histo) [Hardcover]

George K. McGilvary (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1850438560 | ISBN-13: 978-1850438564 | Publication Date: January 19, 2006

Laurence Sulivan embodied the East India Company. He lived at the Company's heart in the city of London in India House, and controlled a vast commercial and political empire during Britain's "Commercial Revolution" and rise to superpower status and supremacy in India and South and Southeast Asia. He was "king-maker," 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. McGilvary paints a vivid and convincing picture of an influential and colorful business figure as he controlled the most powerful private company of his day.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"I am full of admiration for this pathbreaking book. The research is scrupulous, detailed and rigorous and is the definitive biography of Sulivan, the most important single figure in the East India Company for much of the eighteenth century." Tom Devine, Director of the Arts and Human Research Board for Irish and Scottish Studies "Remarkable... a fascinating book. The rescue of Sulivan's reputation from comparative obscurity is welcome." John Mackenzie, Honorary Research Professor at the Research Institute of Scottish and Irish Studies, University of Aberdeen"

About the Author

George K. McGilvary was a university lecturer in history and is now a private scholar and writer.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Tauris Academic Studies (January 19, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1850438560
• ISBN-13: 978-1850438564
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.8 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,540,635 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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