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"Clive of India was one of the most extraordinary and colorful figures Britain ever produced. The founder of Britain's Indian empire, he was also Britain's first great guerrilla fighter by the age of twenty-seven, conqueror of Bengal at thirty-one, and avenging angel of righteousness against the greed of his fellow countrymen at forty-one. In his later life, Parliament brought him under painful scrutiny, and he ended up one of the most hated men in Britain. He died violently under still-mysterious circumstances just before his fifieth birthday." "Clive today lies buried in an unknown grave in…

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  • Other · English · 2000
    Thomas Dunne Books · 406 pages · 9780312265694
  • Other · English · 1998
    Hodder & Stoughton · 406 pages · 9780340654408
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