Lady's Diary of the Siege of Lucknow Engelska 2002
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ISBN:
9788171679881
Förlag:
Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd.
Sidor:
128
Vikt:
506 g
Produktmått:
25
,
4 x 20
,
3 x 4
,
7 cm
Bokomslag:
Pocketbok
Thema:
- Published diaries, letters and journals
The cataclysmic reversal in power hierarchy at the outbreak of the mutiny of 1857 turned out to be detrimental to the British in India. Many became prey to the agitated sepoys' wrath. The writer of this diary arrived at Lucknow in March 1857. A few weeks after her arrival, the mutiny broke out. As news about wide-spreading violence and killings began pouring in from all corners, she began to write this diary for those at home. Whether she would meet them again? Whether this diary itself would reach its destination? She was not sure
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