This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1887 edition. Excerpt: ... Orme would be inclined to misjudge the French governor-general from the outset; and Dupleix's later conduct did uot tend to remove the impression of perfidy, usurped authority, and extreme arrogance thus associatsd with his name. Hence he became in Orme's eyes, in spite of his ability and perseverance, both ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1887 edition. Excerpt: ... Orme would be inclined to misjudge the French governor-general from the outset; and Dupleix's later conduct did uot tend to remove the impression of perfidy, usurped authority, and extreme arrogance thus associatsd with his name. Hence he became in Orme's eyes, in spite of his ability and perseverance, both odious and contemptible. It must be remembered also that, while Labourdonnais was indefatigable in circulating his own story, Dupleix's lips were sealed by authority, when he undertook to vindicate his career, and press his claims on the French East India Company. Thus he says: Le sieur Dupleix.respecte trop les ordres du ministere et ceux de la compagnie pour oser publier ici ce qu'il lui a ete enjoint d'ensevelir dans le plus profond secret, et, quelqu 'interet qu'il puisse avoir de justifier une conduite qu'il n'ignore pas que beaucoup de personnes ont condamnee, ce motif, tout puissant qu'il est, cedera toujours a la loi du devoir. Thus Dupleix continued to be misunderstood ar.d underrated; and Macaulay, by a few vigorous and confident strokes, from an unfavorable portrait produced a caricature of, the real man. An anonymous writer in the defuuct National Review (October, 1862) first. as far as we are aware, explained the true state of the case relative to Madras and its treatment by the rival French officers; and later still Colonel Malleson in his History of the French in India has done ample justice to Dupleix. But the interest of the subject is by no means exhausted. Much of Dupleix's voluminous correspondence still awaits publication. A recent French writer, M. Tibulle Hamont, has consulted this, and based upon it a detailed and enthusiastic biography, interspersed with copious extracts from the...
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Good. Ex-Library Hardcover. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Original edition; Retired Colorado College Library copy with usual stamps, stickers, labels, markings, and pockets; Blind-embossed seal on title/copyright page. Spot marked top edge. Pocket glue stains on fep & ffep. Overall the aged and fragile textblock is clean and tight. Lightly frayed spine extremities, bumped corners; 85p. Francois Joseph Dupleix and the Indian Empire.