History of the French in India Malleson Paperback Cambridge University Press

History of the French in IndiaFrom the Founding of Pondichery in 1674 to the Capture of that Place in 1761\nAuthor(s): George Bruce Malleson\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108024020, 978-1108024020\nSynopsis\nThis work of 1868 is a revised and expanded version of a series of articles contributed by G. B. Malleson [tel] to the Calcutta Review. The author served in India for thirty years from 1847, retiring finally with the honorary rank of major-general. Drawing on his wealth of first-hand experience of Anglo-Indian military history, he wrote prolifically and with an accessible, vigorous style. This work on the history of the French in India from 1674 to 1761 reassesses the career and contribution of Joseph Franois Dupleix and other major figures in this period of the Franco-Indian empire. He sees the decline in French power as the result of a few extremely able persons being let down by thei.