IN SEARCH OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY

• It was the biggest company the world had ever known. 

• It controlled half the world’s shipping.

• Its private army was 260,000 strong.

• Its headquarters was a London landmark.

• It was a bedrock of empire and it created the City’s wealth. 

So where has it gone? 

Author and journalist Roger Williams searches London for signs of the 

Honourable East India Company and its major figures, to discover how they enriched and shaped the city, and how they had a lasting influence on Britain’s culture and taste. Read...

  – how the city prospered through the EIC’s cargoes of spices and tea 

  – how the Company was vital to the Spitalfields weavers

  – how it brightened fashion and helped turn the world blue

  – how it helped to make Kew Gardens a centre of botanical research

  – how a Company man founded London Zoo

  – how thousands of items from its fabulous museum were dispersed

  – how great estates around London were built by its nabobs

  – how the East End of the city expanded through its trade

  – how the docks developed to handle its vast ships

London’s Lost Global Giant 

brings the East India Company back to life!

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THE LONDON TRILOGY

Three new books – three new views of a great city.

THE TEMPLES OF LONDON

(978-0-9567416-8-4, 192pp, £7)

“An excellent and useful book. The Temples of London reads like a good novel at a fast pace, covering the historical roots and the modern and relevant – just like the mayorlty.”
– The Rt Hon Fiona Woolf, CBE, Lord Mayor of London 2013–14

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FATHER THAMES

(978-099284-66-1-9, 188pp, £7.)

“A beautifully written collection of London stories.”

– Jerry White

“A collection that tidally explores the themes of
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– The Londonist

LONDON’S LOST GLOBAL GIANT

(978-099284-66-2-6, 214pp, £8. )

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