Inglorious EmpireIn the 18th century, India's share of the world economy was as large as Europe's. By 1947, after two centuries of British rule, it had decreased six fold. Beyond conquest and deception, the Empire blew rebels from cannon, massacred unarmed protesters, entrenched institutionalised racism, and caused millions to die from starvation. British imperialism justified itself as enlightened despotism for the benefit of the governed, but Shashi Tharoor takes on

journalist

Boone's only instinct is to revisit the case she was investigating when she vanished: the baffling disappearance of a young woman

bureaucrats

her spirit is destined to roam the earth in search of her lost children

it is too much for Yejide to bear

When they discover that the sweets were sent by a dangerous criminal who is trying to hunt them down to get them back

From the personal to the political

and a powerful story of the strength to leave that all behind and forge a path of art

Antoine flew over mountains and deserts

Well-known social historian

and what Tella owes him no one has ever been able to deliver: Caraval Master Legend's true name

she has little idea it will change her life