For my parents, border crossers

      Table of Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Dedication

INTRODUCTION

PART ONE: INDIA 1750-1799

CHAPTER ONE: Conquests

I. War of the World

II. Trade to Conquest

III. Clive of India, Clive of Britain

IV. Empire Unmasked

CHAPTER TWO: Crossings

I. Beyond the Frontier

II. Chameleon Capital

III. Orientalists?

IV. Connoisseurs?

CHAPTER THREE: Compromises

I. Going Un-Native

       II. Settling

       III. Staying On

       IV. Legacies

       PART TWO: IMPERIAL COLLISION 1798-1801

       CHAPTER FOUR: Invading Egypt

       I. A New War, a New Empire

       II. Westward Bound

       III. Empire by Design

       IV. Abdallah Bonaparte

       CHAPTER FIVE: Seizing Seringapatam

       I. Citizen Tipu

       II. L’Alliance Française

       III. A Dangerous Liaison

       IV. The Fall, and After

       CHAPTER SIX: The Objects of Victory

       I. Trophies

       II. A Tropical Grand Tour

       III. From Kaveri to Nile

       PART THREE: EGYPT 1801-1840

       CHAPTER SEVEN: Rivals

       I. Expansion Under Cover

       II. War and Piece

       III. Personal and Political

       IV. An Amateur Abroad

       CHAPTER EIGHT: Removals

       I. The Partisans

       II. The Patriot

       III. A Clash of Reinventions

       IV. Gentlemen and Capitalists

       CHAPTER NINE: Recoveries

       I. The Two Egypts

       II. France Redux

       III. Preservers and Destroyers

       IV. Collecting Back

       CONCLUSION

       Acknowledgments

       Note on Sources

       About the Author

       Notes

       Index

       Praise

       Copyright

       About the Publisher