In Furthest Ind

Edward Carlyon's memoir begins as a confession of adventure and ends in a tangle of duty, desire, and danger. He promises to recount his escape from the Inquisition at Goa, his journey to the Mughal court, and the scandals and powerful enemies that shaped his life, all while trying to protect his family and vindicate an honorable woman. Before he reaches India, Carlyon looks back on the proud but impoverished Carlyons of Ellswether, a royalist family battered by civil war, debt, and loss. Raised in wartime Oxford and later in a modest grammar school, Edward learns languages, fencing, boxing, and shooting, but his truest education comes from his imaginative bond with his spirited cousin Dorothy Brandon, whom his father has taken into the household after her own family's ruin. As Edward grows older, his father can no longer support a gentleman's future, and a post as a writer for the East India Company becomes his best chance to restore the family name. His departure from England brings farewell, temptation, and self-scrutiny. Dorothy's teasing devotion, Lord St. Thomas's political schemes, and the alluring presence of Madam Heliodora all test Edward's resolve, even as he insists on honor over advancement and remembers his betrothal to Dorothy. Blending historical drama, travel narrative, and moral reflection, the story follows a young man torn between ambition, loyalty, and the claims of the heart. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.