Roy Moxham’s Followers (25)

Roy Moxham

Born

in Evesham, Worcestershire, The United Kingdom

September 13, 1939

Genre

History, Biography

edit data

Roy Moxham (born 1939) is a British writer, the author of historical books highlighting little-known historical facts.
Moxham was born in Evesham, Worcestershire on 13 September 1939 and went to Prince Henry's Grammar School there. In 1961 he went to Nyasaland (now Malawi) to manage a tea plantation. In 1973 he returned to Britain and established a small gallery in Covent Garden to sell African art, travelling widely in Africa. In 1978 he went to Camberwell College of Art and Crafts, where he qualified as a book and archive conservator. Subsequently, he was a conservator at Canterbury Cathedral Archives and then became Senior Conservator at the Senate House Library of the University of London, from which he retired in 2005. He lives in Londo Roy Moxham (born 1939) is a British writer, the author of historical books highlighting little-known historical facts.
Moxham was born in Evesham, Worcestershire on 13 September 1939 and went to Prince Henry's Grammar School there. In 1961 he went to Nyasaland (now Malawi) to manage a tea plantation. In 1973 he returned to Britain and established a small gallery in Covent Garden to sell African art, travelling widely in Africa. In 1978 he went to Camberwell College of Art and Crafts, where he qualified as a book and archive conservator. Subsequently, he was a conservator at Canterbury Cathedral Archives and then became Senior Conservator at the Senate House Library of the University of London, from which he retired in 2005. He lives in London, travels widely in south and south-east Asia and is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
Moxham's first book was The Freelander, a novel based on the exploits of a group of idealists trying to establish a commune on Mount Kenya in the 1890s. His best-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 next 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. An updated edition " A Brief History of Tea" came out in 2009. In 2010 he published a memoir, "Outlaw: India's Bandit Queen and Me" about his friendship with Phoolan Devi, the Indian bandit turned politician. In 2014 he published as an e-book a novel, "The East India Company Wife", based on the real life of Catherine Cooke, a thirteen-year-old English girl who went to India with her parents in 1709. In November 2016 The Theft of India: The European Conquests of India 1498 – 1765 was published.

Bibliography:

The Theft of India: The European conquests of India 1498 – 1765 (HarperCollins India, New Delhi: November 2016)
The East India Company Wife (e-book: 2014)
Outlaw: India's Bandit Queen and Me (Rider, London: 2010)
A Brief History of Tea (Robinson: 2009)
Tea: Addiction, Exploitation and Empire (Constable, London: 2003)
The Great Hedge of India (Constable, London: 2001)
The Freelander (Team, Nairobi: 1990) ...more

Combine Editions
Roy Moxham’s books

Average rating: 3.81 · 1,311 ratings · 221 reviews · 9 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Great Hedge of India: The Search for the Living Barrier that Divided a People really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 473 ratings — published 2001 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Theft of India: The European Conquests of India, 1498-1765 3.87 avg rating — 319 ratings — published 2016 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Brief History of Tea 3.61 avg rating — 272 ratings — published 2009 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tea: Addiction, Exploitation, and Empire 3.60 avg rating — 202 ratings — published 2003 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Outlaw: India's Bandit Queen and Me 3.29 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2010 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The East India Company Wife 4.13 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Freelander really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1990 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	[A Brief History of Tea] [By: Moxham. Roy] [January, 2009] by Roy Moxham, Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tea: Addiction, Exploitation and Empire by Roy Moxham (2004-09-09) by Roy Moxham, Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

More books by Roy Moxham…

Quotes by Roy Moxham (?)

“கிளைவ் நவாபை தோற்கடித்த பின்னர் அவர் ஒரு பொம்மை நவாபிற்கு முடிசூட்டினார், அவர் பெயர் மிர் ஜாபர். அரச குடும்பத்தில் ஒருவர். அதற்கு வெகுமதியாக கிளைவிற்கு அந்த ’இராஜதுரோகியிடமிருந்து’ ரூ 23,40,000 தரப்பட்டது, கூடவே ரூ. 3,00,000 வருடாந்திர வாடகையும் 880 சதுர மைல் அளவில் சொந்த நிலமும் வழங்கப்பட்டது.”
― Roy Moxham, உப்பு வேலி [Uppu Veli]

0 likes

“கிழக்கிந்திய கம்பெனி யினால் சுங்க எல்லையை வகுக்க 1850ல் உருவாக்கப்பட்ட 1500 மைல்கள் நீளமிருந்த ஒரு புதர்வேலி (hedge) குறித்த மேலோட்டமான குறிப்பு இருந்தது. அந்த வேலி இமாலயத்திலிருந்து ஒரிசா வரைக்கும் இந்தியாவை இரண்டாகப் பிரித்திருந்தது. 12,000 பேர் இந்த வேலியின் ஓரத்தில் உப்புவரி ‘பிடுங்கும்’ பணியிலமர்த்தப்பட்டனர். மனித வரலாற்றின் மிகப்பெரிய கட்டுமானங்களில் ஒன்றாக அது இருந்த போதும் எந்த வரலாற்று நூலிலும் அது குறிப்பிடப்படவில்லை. இன்று அது இங்கிலாந்திலும் இந்தியாவிலும் முழுவதுமாக மறக்கப்பட்டு விட்டது.”
― Roy Moxham, உப்புவேலி / Uppuveli

0 likes

“கம்பெனி ஆட்சியின் துவக்கத்தில் குறைந்தபட்சம் 60,000 பேராவது உப்பு தயாரிப்பில் வேலைசெய்தனர். வேலை அதிகமாகவும் ஊதியம் கொடுமையாகக் குறைவாகவும் இருந்தது. ஒருநாளைக்கு 13 குண்டாக்கள் ஊதியமாக வழங்கப்பட்டன. குண்டா என்பது பணத்தின் மிகச்சிறிய அலகாகும். அது நான்கு சோழிகளுக்குச் சமமானது. 100 குண்டாக்கள் சேர்ந்து ஒரு அணா ஆகின. ஒரு ரூபாய்க்கு 16 அணாக்கள். ஆக முப்பது நாட்கள்கொண்ட ஒரு மாதத்தில் மொத்த சம்பளமும் கால் ரூபாய் ஆகும்.”
― Roy Moxham, உப்புவேலி / Uppuveli

0 likes

See all Roy Moxham's quotes »

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics	posts	views	last activity
100+ Books in 2025: Leslie's 2011 100+ Books Challenge	92	126	Jan 02, 2012 11:34AM
The Seasonal Read...: 20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Joanna T's task: Microhistory!	133	158	Feb 16, 2012 05:43PM
The Seasonal Read...: Winter Challenge 2011: Completed Tasks -DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS IN THIS TOPIC	2866	790	Feb 29, 2012 09:03PM
A Stitcher's Book...: What did you read in January??	41	19	Feb 16, 2018 11:04AM
The History Book ...: FOOD	168	551	Aug 07, 2025 09:00AM
The History Book ...: * INDIA	109	813	Sep 21, 2025 06:18PM

More…

Is this you? Let us know. If not, help out and invite Roy to Goodreads.

Roy Moxham’s Followers (25)

Roy Moxham

Combine EditionsRoy Moxham’s books

Topics Mentioning This Author

Combine Editions
Roy Moxham’s books