India Conquered Britain’s Raj and the Chaos of Empire

This book exists because of the belief and support of four people in particular: Richard Vinen encouraged me to write for a wider audience, Andrew Gordon helped marshal my ideas to persuade publishers to put it into print, Mike Jones enthusiastically supported it, then Iain MacGregor guided the book to publication with insight and efficiency when it was orphaned in the UK; Rahul Srivastava and his team were enthusiastic advocates in India; George Lucas and Clive Little offered creative, thoughtful and efficient support in the United States, Harriet Dobson assiduously arranged illustrations and managed the production process, Richard Collins copy-edited to perfection, smoothing hundreds of ugly phrases and saving me from as many errors. All those which remain are my own.