Much of the research of The Anarchy is built on pre-existing studies of the East India Company and eighteenth-century India, although it is accompanied by an important assortment of manuscripts and Mughal chronicles from Indian and British archives. In his latest work The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company, William Dalrymple charts the disintegration of India into a state of civil strife and atomisation, providing a valuable window of entry through which the British sealed their rule over the subcontinent. The rapid collapse of the mighty and opulent Mughal Empire in the early eighteenth century stands as almost an enigma of history, but perhaps what was even more improbable was its complete replacement not by a rival state, but by a European trading company a century later. The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company. Tracking the Company’s ruthless profiteering and territorial conquests, The Anarchy is not only a fine addition to Dalrymple’s studies of the emergence of British rule in India, but also prompts reflection on the dangers of corporate excess in our present, writes Thomas Gidney. Dalrymple’s brilliant book has the scale of ‘Game of Thrones,’ the internecine plotting of ‘Succession’ and a true-life intensity that begs to be dramatized.In The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company, William Dalrymple gives a new character-driven account of the ascent to power of the East India Company following the collapse of the Mughal Empire and the resulting ‘anarchy’ that followed. 'The Anarchy' is packed with amazing characters, the highest possible stakes and a contemporary resonance that sees the weaponization of profit on a level that boggles the mind.
Brock said, as per Variety, “I’m incredibly excited to be able to adapt William Dalrymple’s all-encompassing history of India under the rise of the world’s first global commercial empire.
Award-winning screenwriter Jeremy Brock will adapt 'The Anarchy' for screen. 'The Anarchy' was one of former US President Barack Obama's top 10 book recommendations earlier, and it was also nominated for the Baillie Gifford Prize in 2019. The latter was a dangerously unregulated private company, which was based miles away in a small office in London. In 'The Anarchy', Dalrymple tells the story of how the Mughal Empre, which was one of the most magnificent empires in the world, got disintegrated and was replaced by the British East India Company. This will be 'an international co-production between Wiip and Roy Kapur Films to be produced across the U.S., U.K. Award-winning historian William Dalrymple's 2019 book 'The Anarchy' will be adapted into a series soon.
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