Biddulph shows that the early East India Company men lived anything but dull lives. He traces the rise of European piracy in the eastern seas, Captain Kidd, and the Maratha admiral Conajee Angria with his grabs and gallivats, then tells the story of an Englishwoman’s adventurous life in the Company’s settlements.
Colourful, well-documented history of pirates and traders in the early eighteenth century. Download the free EPUB.