Warren Hastings was born in England in 1732. He attended Westminster School before joining the East India Company. He sailed to India in 1750. He served as a clerk, developing quite the reputation for accuracy and diligence to his tasks. In his spare time, he learned Persian and Urdu, as well as history and societal facts about India. He rose through the rank. He eventually became Governor General. He went through a lot of political issues, and disagreements with his fellow Europeans. I did really like that he was actually concerned with the Native cultures and wanted to learn about them, instead of just conquering.

This book had a lot, and I mean a lot, of information in it. Some of it was relevant backstory to British colonialism in India, and some specific to the goings on of Warren Hastings. A lot of it was interesting it it's own right, but was not really necessary for the advancement of the book. I felt that it could have done with a little more editing out of irrelevant information. With that said, I did learn a great deal from the book, and it did hold my interest.