Summary: The text captures the story of Lord Clive, rich in accomplishment yet subjected to accusations. The narration highlights his reforms while pointing out his conflicting actions and the relation to his enemies. His brilliance in campaign strategy emerges, overshadowed by mistakes. The history elaborately narrates the Committee scrutinizing his conduct, the bitterness of foes, his trials, and his defense, ultimately leading to rendering him accountable for his wealth acquisition in Bengal. Clive's dilemma between the achieved empire and corrupt financial gains depict his moral conflict revealed in the in-depth probing. The text elucidates the contrasting virtues and vices encompassing his career, focusing on his military genius, but clouded by political indulgences and corruption allegations, thus characterizing him in shades of merit and reproach.