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“… which is a recurring disappointment to an incredibly interesting podcast and important period of history. She succumbs almost inevitably to the mistake of determining a ‘British’ action (lazily using the term for both the British state and the East India Company) as the ultimate cause of subsequent evils, glossing over anything which doesn’t quite fit this narrative. On the mutiny, for example, Christian missionaries seeking to convert Indians are the cause of the bloodshed, rather than the sepoys who started the killing. The British violence against Indians retaking Delhi is abhorrent, the Sepoy violence against Indians in taking the city in the first place passes without comment. That the Sepoys fled on the coming of the eclipse is bad luck - I’d say it was bad planning. Dalrymple refuses to challenge any of this, leading to a thoroughly biased collection of half truths. It needs Dominic Sandbrook on board stat.”
Craigisme89 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
09/06/22
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“Episode one is superb and I’m really liking forward to this series developing. Great hosts who clearly know their subject. A+++”
The real yorkshiremike via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
08/16/22
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“But very interesting to actually learn (as we don’t in Uk schools, or didn’t when I was growing l) to actually understand the full impact of the British empire.”
hannah saskia via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
08/26/22
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“Growing up as a British Asian, the history I was taught about the British Empire was biased and conflicted with my parents recollections. Yet even today, our politicians are still attempting to sanitise what actually went on. This is a candid informative, entertaining description of the era,...”Read full review »
Fredoddle via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
08/25/22
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