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John Keay

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Born: September 17 1941

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John Stanley Melville Keay FRGS is an English journalist and author specialising in writing popular histories about India and the Far East, often with a particular focus on their colonisation and exploration by Europeans.

John Keay is the author of about 20 books, all factual, mostly historical, and largely to do with Asia, exploration or Scotland. His first book stayed in print for thirty years; many others have become classics. His combination of meticulous research, irreverent wit, powerful narrative and lively prose have invariably been complimented by both reviewers and readers.

UK-based and a full-time author since 1973, he also wrote and presented over 100 documentaries for BBC Radios 3 and 4 from 1975-95 and guest-lectured tour groups 1990-2000. He reviews on related subjects, occasionally speaks on them, and travels extensively.

John Keay

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Born: September 17 1941

Website: Go to Website

John Stanley Melville Keay FRGS is an English journalist and author specialising in writing popular histories about India and the Far East, often with a particular focus on their colonisation and exploration by Europeans.

John Keay is the author of about 20 books, all factual, mostly historical, and largely to do with Asia, exploration or Scotland. His first book stayed in print for thirty years; many others have become classics. His combination of meticulous research, irreverent wit, powerful narrative and lively prose have invariably been complimented by both reviewers and readers.

UK-based and a full-time author since 1973, he also wrote and presented over 100 documentaries for BBC Radios 3 and 4 from 1975-95 and guest-lectured tour groups 1990-2000. He reviews on related subjects, occasionally speaks on them, and travels extensively.

Books from John Keay

India: A History

3.9/5 ( ratings)

China: A History

3.9/5 ( ratings)

The Honourable Company: a History of the English East India Company

3.7/5 ( ratings)

The Great Arc: The Dramatic Tale of How India Was Mapped and Everest Was Named

3.9/5 ( ratings)

China: A History

India Discovered

4.1/5 ( ratings)

The Spice Route: A History

3.7/5 ( ratings)

Midnight’s Descendants: South Asia from Partition to the Present Day

3.7/5 ( ratings)

Mad About The Mekong: Exploration and Empire in South East Asia

3.7/5 ( ratings)

The Tartan Turban: In Search of Alexander Gardner

3.7/5 ( ratings)

The London Encyclopaedia

4.3/5 ( ratings)

The London Encyclopaedia

3.9/5 ( ratings)

The Mammoth Book of Travel in Dangerous Places

2.2/5 ( ratings)

The Mammoth Book of Travel in Dangerous Places: West Africa (Mammoth Books)

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Sowing the Wind: The Seeds of Conflict in the Middle East

On the Edge: Astonishing True Stories of Exploration, Survival and Endurance

Indonesia: From Sabang to Merauke

The Mammoth Book of Travel in Dangerous Places: Siberia and Alaska

The Gilgit Game: The Explorers of the Western Himalayas 1865-95