Fortune's Soldier [electronic resource]
2021
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A new empire is risingIt is 1744, and Nicholas Ballantyne, a young Scotsman dreaming of a life as laird of his ancestral estate finds himself quite unexpectedly on the Winchester, a ship bound for Hindustan, seeking to begin a new life as a ‘writer’ on the rolls of the British East India Company. On board, he meets the spirited and mercurial Robert Clive, determined – at whatever cost – to make a fortune in a land of opportunity.Over the years, their friendship sees many twists and turns as Clive’s restless hunger for wealth and power takes him from being a clerk to a commander in the Company forces, masterminding plans to snuff out rival French interests in Hindustan, and eventually leading his men to victory at Plassey – the prelude to nearly two centuries of foreign rule in Hindustan.Brilliantly crafted, and bringing to life the momentous events that shook India in the mid-eighteenth century, Fortune’s Soldieris an epic tale of a fascinating era by a master storyteller.
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[Place of publication not identified] : Canelo Adventure, 2021
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1 online resource (1 text file)
Series:
The Ballantyne Chronicles ; 1
ISBN:
9781800322400
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English
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BRN:
3105940
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