Books in the Life of the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone 2 Volume Set series

Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779-1859) was a British administrator in India whose career saw him posted to Afghanistan and Poona before becoming Governor of Bombay. Volume 1 of this two-volume biography, published in 1884, examines his childhood, education and early career, covering the period up to 1817.