The Scourge of the Mission: Marco Della Tomba in Hindustan
Marco, a friar and missionary of the Tibet-Hindustan Mission arrived in Bengal from his native Italy in 1757, just as the forces of the English East India Company were wresting control of the region from Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah. An eyewitness to the first serious political and cultural encounter between India and Europe, he recorded and commented on a number of critical even Marco, a friar and missionary of the Tibet-Hindustan Mission arrived in Bengal from his native Italy in 1757, just as the forces of the English East India Company were wresting control of the region from Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah. An eyewitness to the first serious political and cultural encounter between India and Europe, he recorded and commented on a number of critical events in this period of transition and upheaval in the subcontinents history. A biography and autobiography of his life, this fascinating account is told in first person since more than half of the book is translated directly from essays and letters written in Italian b Padre Marco, while the remaining parts have been written by David Lorenzen mostly on the basis of Marcos letters and essays and those of some of his colleagues in the Mission. Marco, a friar and missionary of the Tibet-Hindustan Mission arrived in Bengal from his native Italy in 1757, just as the forces of the English East India Company were wresting control of the region from Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah. An eyewitness to the first serious political and cultural encounter between India and Europe, he recorded and commented on a number of critical even Marco, a friar and missionary of the Tibet-Hindustan Mission arrived in Bengal from his native Italy in 1757, just as the forces of the English East India Company were wresting control of the region from Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah. An eyewitness... Read More
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