John Keay

If British India had not been partitioned in 1947, its population would today be comfortably the world’s largest. At c1.5 billion, Midnight’s Descenda…

Three thousand years of Chinese history in an accessible and authoritative single volume.Despite the recent rise of China to a position of dominance o…

Two hundred years ago, India was seen as a place with little history and less culture.Today it is revered for a notable prehistory, a magnificent clas…

Two hundred years ago, India was seen as a place with little history and less culture.Today it is revered for a notable prehistory, a magnificent clas…

The first single-volume history of India since the 1950s, combining narrative pace and skill with social, economic and cultural analysis. Five millenn…

A vivid description of one of the most ambitious scientific projects undertaken in the 19th century, and the men who undertook the measurement of the …

A history of the English East India company.During 200 years the East India Company grew from a loose association of Elizabethan tradesmen into «the g…

A history of the English East India company.During 200 years the East India Company grew from a loose association of Elizabethan tradesmen into «the g…

An accessible, authoritative single-volume narrative history of China, from the earliest times to the present day, designed both to engage the general…

If British India had not been partitioned in 1947, its population would today be comfortably the world’s largest. At c1.5 billion, Midnight’s Descenda…

The story of both a dramatic journey retracing the historic voyage of France’s greatest 19th-century explorer up the mysterious Mekong river, and a po…

An accessible, authoritative single-volume narrative history of China, from the earliest times to the present day, designed both to engage the general…

The story of both a dramatic journey retracing the historic voyage of France’s greatest 19th-century explorer up the mysterious Mekong river, and a po…

The first single-volume history of India since the 1950s, combining narrative pace and skill with social, economic and cultural analysis. Five millenn…

A vivid description of one of the most ambitious scientific projects undertaken in the 19th century, and the men who undertook the measurement of the …

The first single-volume history of India since the 1950s, combining narrative pace and skill with social, economic and cultural analysis. Five millenn…