A Business Of StateAround 1800, the English East India Company controlled half of the world's trade and deployed a vast network of political influencers. Yet the story of its 17th century beginnings has remained largely untold. Rupali Mishra's account of the Company's formative years sheds light on one of the most powerful corporations in the history of the world.

'A delight from beginning to end and beyond' JULIA WHELAN

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vampires and lust-crazed teenagers - not to mention the drinkers in a low-life dive who attempt to salvage a diamond ring from the mouth of a severed head in a fish tank - with grisly results

and this together with his mesmerizing persona gave him a prophet-like aura in the West

'I practically threw the book across the room when I read THAT twist

More fabulous praise for The Secrets of the Little Greek Taverna:

as they say in Japanese

I thought I'd seen it all

Although Atsushi defeated Beast Beneath the Moonlight

She has a way of tapping into the emotional life of her readers and making them care about characters not unlike themselves' Daily Telegraph

and there are those who would use their powers to serve the people without legal sanction

Once he grew up