The following book from 1872 by an enlightened Irish politician W.M.Torrens (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_McCullagh_Torrens) lays bare the machinations of Perfidous Albion (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfidious_Albion).

Empire in Asia, How we came by it : A Book of Confessions by W.M.Torrens - https://archive.org/details/empireinasiahoww00mccuuoft/mode/...