With Clive in India:The Beginnings of an Empire

When young Charlie Marryat and his friend Peters join the East India Company (EIC) as clerks little do they know what adventure awaits them. Once in India the pair meets Robert Clive an employee of the EIC who proves to be a gifted military leader. Charlie and Peters follow Clive as he leads in the fight against the French in order to protect British interests. Along the way Charlie forms lasting bonds with an Irishman Tim and an Indian Hossein. Will Clive be able to defeat the determined French? Will Charlie and his friends survive the threat of war tigers and the Black Hole of Calcutta? These questions and more will be answered in G. A. Hentys With Clive in India: or the Beginnings of an Empire. Set in mid-eighteenth century India Sri Lanka and England this book includes more than 120 geographical historical and explanatory footnotes to aid the modern reader.