A Man of the Enlightenment in Eighteenth-century India: The Letters of Claude Martin, 1766-1800Orient Blackswan, 2003 - 412 pages Among All The Colourful Figures Of Eighteenth Century India, Claude Martin (1735-1800) Stands Out As One Of The Most Extraodinary. To Read His Letters, Collected Here For The First Time, Is To Enter The Mind Of A Man Of The Enlightenment, French By Birth, But Who Served The British For Most Of His Adult Life. |
Contents
FROM MONGHYR TO LUCKNOW | 18 |
THE NAJAFGARH ESTATE | 50 |
A MAGNET FOR ARTISTS | 95 |
LETTERS FROM NAJAFGARH | 127 |
FRIENDS IN ENGLAND | 169 |
WARS AND DISPUTES | 186 |
THE BARREL ORGAN AND THE PUPPET THEATRE | 206 |
THE SECOND ROHILLA WAR 1794 | 238 |
INDIGO | 268 |
MRS ELIZABETH PLOWDEN | 284 |
THE COLLECTOR | 315 |
A NEW NAWAB | 345 |
THE LAST YEARS | 379 |
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