The Ruling Caste: Imperial Lives in the Victorian Raj PB_Gift_Guide After Vicksburg

After Vicksburg

and heart-warming mains

The book's unique value lies in its invaluable case studies and visuals

Ebbott’s prose is honed and aphoristic

Cullen wants to ruin me for life

The Ruling Caste: Imperial Lives in the Victorian Raj PB_Gift_Guide After Vicksburg"[A] lavishly enjoyable book." Tunku Varadarajan, The Wall Street Journal Between 1837 and 1901, fewer than one thousand Britons at any one time managed an empire of 300 million people spread over the vast area that now includes India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Burma. How was this possible, and what were these people like? The British administration in India took pride in its efficiency and broad mindedness, its devotion to duty and its sense of