Howarth tells some hair-raising tales from the maiden voyage of the Company ship Peppercorn. . . . Packed with tales, as well as gruesome accounts of clashes between rival traders in the east.Dan Jones, Times (UK) Adventurers is essential reading.Dan Jones, Times (UK)
[ Adventurers] details the early years of what would become the worlds biggest corporationBy no means a defence of the empire, this dizzying work makes its emergence all the more remarkable.Daniel Brooks, Sunday Telegraph
Howarths study [ is] quite different from its rivals, and overflowing with surprises.William Dalrymple, The Spectator
This is a book [ Howarth] has wanted to write for 50 years. . . . The frequent exuberance of his prose echo[ es] the voices of larger-than-life venturers and seafarers who fill his pages.Alan Mallinson, Country Life
Adventurers is an important counterpoint to received knowledge of Anglo-Indian history, and the foundations of what was perhaps the worlds first and most controversial corporation.Lubaaba Al-Azami, BBC History Magazine
Im keeping my fingers crossed that there might be a further volume. . . . Perhaps Howarth, like those first Adventurers, will have the right amount of intrepid bravery and insanity to attempt it.Debbie Kilroy, Get History
Howarths book is a joy of revelation, page by page beautifully written Robert Lyman, The Critic
The history of the East India Company is so often read backwards. This wonderfully well-written book restores its early development to its true contextit is, like cold water in a desert, the picture for which weve gasped.James Evans, author of Merchant Adventurers
Fascinating and authoritative. David Howarth weaves a rich and rewarding tapestry of the uncertain, often chaotic development of the company, moving with style from London to Southeast Asia, and amassing a colourful cast list of princes, merchants and politicians. Adventurers will become the standard book on the subject, and deservedly so.Jerry Brotton, author of This Orient Isle
Howarths keen eye for intrigue weaves together a tale of commercial competition and imperial ambition that carries us from the Tudor court to the coasts of Japan. Adventurers is a quick-paced romp through the chaotic early history of Britains most infamous corporation.Edmond Smith, author of Merchants
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