Clive: The Life and Death of a British Emperor

by Robert Harvey

Book Overview

The real-life story of Robert Clive would be judged as wildly implausible if it came from the pen of a novelist.Clive of India was one of the most extraordinary and colorful figures Britain ever... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312265697
• ISBN13: 9780312265694
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
• Length: 406 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

The life of Clive

It was the best material I have read on Clive, and it was a noble effort at parting the clouds of mystery that surround his life.

A Great Adventure

Having read this book when it was first released in Australia last year I must say I am glad to see that it has finally been released in the United States. This book grabbed me from the first page and held my interest to the very end. This is a great adventure story, told with panache and feeling. I was captivated throughout, reading about this great man's humble beginnings though to his campaigns in India where he made the British presence, clinging to a number of small trading posts, into an Empire and then his final demise. The reader is transported to the far-flung reaches within India where Clive carved out a name for himself against the French and Indian rulers as a man of ambition and ruthless military cunning. His campaigns and battles are told within an exciting narrative that just moved along relentlessly like Clive's Army moving across the plains of India. This is a great story, a masterful piece of historical writing presented by Robert Harvey and I am sure it will be enjoyed by all that love a good history book. I would compare this book very favourably to the likes of `Cochrane: Britannia's Last Sea Wolf' by Donald Thomas. In fact I noticed that Robert Harvey also has a book on the market titled `Cochrane: The Life and Exploits of a Fighting Captain' which I have taken the liberty in ordering after his outstanding effort in telling the story of `Clive of India'.