John Keay is the author of four acclaimed histories: The Honourable Company, about the East India Company; Last Post, about the imperial disengagement of the Far East; the two-volume Explorers of the Western Himalayas and India: A History. His books on India include India Discovered, Into India and The Great Arc: The Dramatic Tale of How India was Mapped and Everest was Named. China A History’ will be published by HarperCollins in 2008. John Keay is married with four children, lives in Scotland and is co-editor with Julia Keay of the Collins Encyclopaedia of Scotland.
John Keay is the author of four acclaimed histories: 'The Honourable Company', 'Last Post', about the imperial disengagement of the Far East; the two-volume 'Explorers of the Western Himalayas' and 'India: A History'. His books on India include 'India Discovered', 'Into India' and 'The Great Arc: The Dramatic Tale of How India was Mapped and Everest was Named'. John Keay is married with four children, lives in Scotland and is co-editor with Julia Keay of the 'Collins Encyclopaedia of Scotland'.
