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Ep.24 | Britain’s Looting of India - with William Dalrymple

The SCANDAL Mongers Podcast
The SCANDAL Mongers Podcast
Episode • Jun 19, 2023 • 43m

Andrew and Phil discuss the remarkable - and remarkably shocking - story of the East India Company. How did a handful of men in a small office in London come to rule India, transforming the histories of both nations?


William Dalrymple, author of the much acclaimed book 'The Anarchy’ joins them to tell a hair raising story of plunder, conquest, scandal and death.


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