The Honourable Company: A History of The English East India Company

The Honourable Company: A History of The English East India Company – John Keay –

《The Honourable Company – A History of The English East India Company》

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《The Honourable Company: A History of The English East India Company》—— John Keay

During 200 years the East India Company grew from a loose association of Elizabethan tradesmen into \”the grandest society of merchants in the universe\”. As a commercial enterprise it came to control half the world\’s trade and as a political entity it administered an embryonic empire. Without it there would have been no British India and no British Empire. In a tapestry ranging from Southern Africa to north-west America, and from the reign of Elizabeth I to that of Victoria, bizarre locations and roguish personality abound. From Bombay to Singapore and Hong Kong the political geography of today is, in some respects, the result of the Company. This book looks at the history of the East India Company.

关键词：The Honourable Company;尊敬的公司：英属东印度公司的历史;

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这本关于英国东印度公司的长篇着作出人意料地容易阅读，我花了几个月的时间去逐步理解它，主要是因为我是在进行研究，不时停下来做笔记。Keay的研究很全面，他成功地使这部历史书变成了关于人物而不仅仅是日期和主要出口商品的历史。实际上，可能有太多的名字被省略了；我发现自己不得不回过头去记住某个人是谁或者为什么他们很重要。虽然这不是每个人都会喜欢的书，但对于任何想深入了解英国如何在东方成为一个帝国的人来说，这是非常优秀的阅读材料。

这本书不可避免地是史诗级别的，不是轻易可以开始阅读的！然而，令人愉悦的写作风格让这段历史感觉更像是一部小说，偶尔因为荒谬之事而发出笑声~

这是关于英国东印度公司的一段迷人历史。几乎每一页都值得被写成一部小说！

作者 Author

John Keay

John Stanley Melville Keay FRGS is an English journalist and author specialising in writing popular histories about India and the Far East, often with a particular focus on their colonisation and exploration by Europeans.

John Keay is the author of about 20 books, all factual, mostly historical, and largely to do with Asia, exploration or Scotland. His first book stayed in print for thirty years; many others have become classics. His combination of meticulous research, irreverent wit, powerful narrative and lively prose have invariably been complimented by both reviewers and readers.

UK-based and a full-time author since 1973, he also wrote and presented over 100 documentaries for BBC Radios 3 and 4 from 1975-95 and guest-lectured tour groups 1990-2000. He reviews on related subjects, occasionally speaks on them, and travels extensively.