Memoirs of the Life of the Right Hon. Warren Hastings, First Governor-General of Bengal
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George Robert Gleig fue un autor escocés reconocido por sus evocadoras narrativas militares. Inicialmente un estudiante de teología, renunció a su beca para unirse al ejército de Wellington, experimentando de primera mano las campañas cruciales de las Guerras Napoleónicas y los conflictos en los Estados Unidos. Sus perspicaces observaciones desde el campo de batalla, particularmente de la Guerra de la Península, formaron la base de su obra más célebre, que apareció por primera vez en Blackwood's Magazine. La prosa de Gleig se caracteriza por un crudo realismo y agudas observaciones sobre la vida del soldado, estableciéndolo como una voz significativa en la literatura de guerra.



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This book provides a detailed history of the British Empire in India, from the earliest days of the East India Company to the late 19th century. Thornton explores the political and economic impact of British colonialism on India, as well as its cultural legacy.