Roe's India: Adventures in Surat
Book Details
Author(s)
Abhilash Gaur
ISBN / ASIN
B00ZFI9RZQ
ISBN-13
978B00ZFI9RZ5
Sales Rank
#99,999,999
Marketplace
United States 🇺🇸
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Description
Sir Thomas Roe, the first English ambassador to India, has left behind a lively account of his stay in the country. It gives an idea of the people, their attitudes and their politics in 17th Century India. The corruption that India is notorious for now was rampant even then.
But reading Roe’s memoir is not easy as the English of his time is almost a different language. The modern reader who is not a student of history may not be able to keep at it. I have tried to interpret Roe’s writing for her. This book covers only the first 44 days of his stay which he spent in Surat.
But reading Roe’s memoir is not easy as the English of his time is almost a different language. The modern reader who is not a student of history may not be able to keep at it. I have tried to interpret Roe’s writing for her. This book covers only the first 44 days of his stay which he spent in Surat.
