| The Great Uprising in India, 1857-58: Untold Stories, Indian and British Contributor(s): Llewellyn-Jones, Rosie (Author) |
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ISBN: 1843833042 ISBN-13: 9781843833048 Publisher: Boydell Press OUR PRICE: $71.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: July 2007 Annotation: A volume in the Worlds of the East India Company series, edited by Huw Bowen The events of 1857-58 in India are seen here through a series of untold stories which show that they were much more complex than hitherto thought. Drawing on sources in Britain and India, including contemporary East India Company records, together with oral memories from India illustrated with a number of nineteenth century photographs, the author tells of the murder of the British Resident in the princely state of Kotah; of Indians who opposed the Mutiny, and suffered at the hands of the "mutineers"; of a small, but significant, number of Europeans who fought with the Indians against the British; and of the infamous "prize agents" of the East India Company - licensed looters whose rapacity seemed limitless. The book conveys vividly what it was like for different kinds of participants to live through these traumatic events, bringing to life their anxiety and desperation, the grisly bloodshed, and the vast devastation - illustrating overall, as one Indian soldier who served in the East India Company's army put it, "the wind of madness." Dr ROSIE LLEWELLYN-JONES is author and editor of numerous books on India, including The Nawabs, the British and the City of Lucknow (1985) and Portraits of the Indian Princes (forthcoming). |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - India & South Asia - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - History | World - General |
| Dewey: 954.031 |
| Series: Worlds of the East India Company |
| Physical Information: 0.95" H x 6.46" W x 9.42" (1.62 lbs) 258 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - Indian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The events of 1857-58 in India are seen here through a series of untold stories - and thereby from a series of different perspectives - which show that they were much more complex than suggested by the label "Indian Mutiny", applied by British writers, who saw the events as a colonial rebellion, or by the label "The First War of Independence", which is used by most Indian writers on the subject. |
