Kusaimamekirai’s Reviews > The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company > Status Update

“As it was in our interest to humour him gently, we always received him with a thousand courtesies, far more than he merited, and we sought his intervention in all important matters…by sending him presents from time to time. This helped maintain cordial relations between us.”
A country sucking up to a narcissistic psychopath for political favors? Thank goodness the world has moved on from this kind of thing