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In the Jewel in the Crown

January 1, 2006168 pagesNo grades yet

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This book tells the story of the determined statesman Sir Thomas Roe along with many other compelling tales of the men and women of British India. Focusing on the daily lives of the British in India from 1600, when Queen Elizabeth granted a royal charter to British merchants giving them exclusive trading privileges with the 'Indies', through the rule of viceroy Lord Curzon, who managed the world's largest colonial domain for Victoria, empress of India.

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