M&D/East India Co./Coffee (no spoilers)

[Scott Weintraub]

On Sun, 4 May 1997, Jeffrey Hildt wrote:

> While searching for a little background info in support of my M&D read
> (in progress) a simple Web search turned up the East India Company's Web
> site.  Yes, indeed.  They're still in business folks. And what are they
> pushing?  Saint Helena (the world's most expensive) coffee!
> 
> I urge a visit to:
> 
> http://www.theeastindiacompany.com/contents.html
> 
> for a brief history of The Company, several pictures of the island, the
> occasional mention of Clive of India and an essay on the introduction of
> coffee to 17th c. Europe by E.I.C.
> 

The Fact that the Web site refers to It as The Company is all too Fitting.
Altho' I haven't read very far into M&D, I seem to recall a Review (The
Washington Post, perhaps?) that mentions that the East India Company is
simply Referr'd to as The Company in TRP's Novel.  Talk about Legacies...