|
Roy Moxham is a British writer, author of historical books highlighting little known historical facts. He recently retired from the University of London and lives in London. His most well-known book is ''The Great Hedge of India''. This book is part-travelogue, part-historical treatise on the author's quest to find a 1500-mile long customs hedge built by the British in India to prevent smuggling of salt and sugar. His second book, ''Tea: Addiction, Exploitation and Empire'' focuses on the effect of British tea addiction on British policies in Asia and Africa, and includes the author's own experience as a tea plantation manager in Africa. In 2014 he published as an ebook a novel, "The East India Company Wife", based on the life of Catherine Cooke a thirteen-year-old English girl who went to India with her parents in 1709. ==Bibliography== * ''Malabar Dreams'' (2007) * ''Tea: Addiction, Exploitation and Empire'' (2003) (Marathi Translation of the book done by Anand Abhyankar in 2011 ISBN 9788174210173) * ''The Great Hedge of India: The Living Barrier That Divided a Nation'' (2001)(Marathi Translation of the book done by Anand Abhyankar in 2007) * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Roy Moxham」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|