Roy Moxham
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)
- Moxham, Roy (3 June 2010). Outlaw: India's Bandit Queen and Me. Rider. ISBN 978-1-84604-182-2.
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