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George Harris, 1st Baron Harris

1746–1829

George Harris, 1st Baron Harris was a British general who commanded the main East India Company army in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War. His campaign culminated in the siege and capture of Seringapatam in 1799 and the death of Tipu Sultan.

Anthony Morland’s The Tiger’s Last Roar places George Harris, 1st Baron Harris within a narrative shaped by political ambition and government, military command and battlefield decision-making, and exploration, travel and cultural encounter.

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The Life of William Culpepper in Order

by Anthony Morland 4 books 4.5

The Life of William Culpepper follows a fictional British officer from the Revolutionary Wars in Europe into the East India Company’s campaigns in India. The sequence begins with the Flanders campaign and the Battle of Boxtel, then moves through the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War, the unstable aftermath of Tipu…

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