Adventurers: The Improbable Rise of the East India Company 1550-1650

Adventurers: The Improbable Rise of the East India Company 1550-1650The unlikely beginnings of the East India Companyfrom Tudor origins and rivalry with the superior Dutchto laying the groundwork for future British expansion. The East India Company was the largest commercial enterprise in British history, yet its roots in Tudor England are often overlooked. The Tudor revolution in commerce led ambitious merchants to search for new forms of investment, not least in risky overseas enterprisesand for these "adventurers"

Stephen Thomas Erlewine - All Music (4 Stars)

this eccentrically entertaining kung-fu curio combines footage from an unfinished project directed by and starring Lee with original material shot by Enter the Dragon director Robert Clouse to create an entirely new work that testifies to the actor’s enduring place in the pop-culture imagination

killing the men and forever altering the few surviving women

drummer Tony Austin (of course there are two)

It takes us from that first conversation to the years beyond

with electrifying conviction

In the United Kingdom

Iron Curtain is an exceptional work of historical and moral reckoning

Shot outside Pittsburgh on a shoestring budget

It opens with the ambient noise of a party

who are already under police scrutiny

his friendships with Andy Warhol