mdmd(4) - Notes: Clive of India

[davemarc]

Possible spoiler

> From: AS Rounce <A.Rounce at bristol.ac.uk>
> 
> Maskelyne's
> failure to use the influence of his brother-in-law is partly explained
> by his realising the limits of this influence, and partly (I assume) by
> fears that he will go the way of his brother-in-law.
> 
I thought the point was that Maskelyne benefitted from Clive's influence,
and, during his more difficult periods, couldn't figure out just why Clive
wasn't doing more for him.  Ultimately, though, he did advance, to Mason's
consternation.  Mason realized that Clive's connections to the elite, his
superiority at playing politics, did make a difference.

davemarc