“mughal india was at the centre of global power, whereas england was very much a bit player”

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The Barbary corsair ship appeared suddenly on the horizon, bristling with cannon. Its decks swarming with armed men, it sliced through the waves at a clip that its quarry – the British merchant ship A

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The Tale of Genji , the Japanese novel that dazzled the West

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