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1	Nightrunners of Bengal more books like this by John Masters add to wishlist India, 1857. The British have ruled for 100 years. The Indians are becoming increasingly restive, but their British commanders at Bhowani laugh at the rumors of unrest. And then, on the evening of May 10 . . . "A vivid and penetrating story".--New York Times Book Review. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.10! \| first editions
2	The Great Mutiny: India 1857 more books like this by Christopher Hibbert add to wishlist 'By far the best single-volume description of the mutiny yet written' - "Economist". A beautifully written and meticulously researched narrative history of the great Indian uprising of 1857 by one of our most acclaimed living historians. First published in 1978 and re-issued with a handsome new cover for the 2002 paperback edition. see all copies from $2.23! new only from $30.91! \| first editions
3	Siege of Krishnapur more books like this by J G Farrell add to wishlist Victorian life in India - the clash between two great civilizations, a cauldron of human drama - was perhaps the most deeply romantic expression of life in all the modern age. We are forever fascinated. This award-winning novel concerns the events surrounding the Sepoy uprising of 1857. A young Englishman becomes an unlikely hero when he finds ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $9.56! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Shadow of the Moon more books like this by M M Kaye add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $190.80! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Zemindar more books like this by Valerie Fitzgerald add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $195.33! \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Sepoy Mutiny: Alexander Sheridan Adventures Vol.2 more books like this by V A Stuart add to wishlist It's 1857 in India, and Alex Sheridan, commanding a scratch cavalry force of civilian volunteers, unemployed officers and loyal Indian soldiers, knows these words are not meant for English ears. The Sepoys, native soldiers serving in the British army, are massing in response to a prophecy predicting the end of the reign of the British East India ... see all copies from $3.02! new only from $3.44! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Our Bones Are Scattered more books like this by Andrew Ward add to wishlist Rich in character and vivid detail, this first full-scale history of one of the central dramas of imperialism echoes in the mind like a great nineteenth-century novel. Our Bones Are Scattered recounts the bloodiest acts of one of the bloodiest rebellions in history - the siege and massacre of the European garrison at Cawnpore, India, and the ... see all copies from $7.13! new only from $41.95! \| first editions
8	The Great Mutiny more books like this by Christopher Hibbert add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
9	Massacre at Cawnpore: Alexander Sheridan Adventures Vol. 3 more books like this by V A Stuart add to wishlist 1857...A ragged band of exhausted soldiers defending some 400 frightened women and hungry children in a crumbling outpost, the British garrison at Cawnpore waits behind frail mud walls, under scorching sun, for the uncertain arrival of relief troops. Meticulously researched and historically accurate, Stuart's tragic story from the Indian Mutiny ... see all copies from $5.25! new only from $5.25! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Follow the Drum more books like this by James Leasor add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
11	The Sepoys and the Company: Tradition and Transition in Northern India 1770-1830 more books like this by Seema Alavi add to wishlist Examining the factors that the British utilized when forming the East India Company's Bengal Army between 1770 and 1830. Kinship groups, diet, and caste as well as financial incentives from pension schemes and invalid pay, played an important role in creating a loyal army for the colonial authority. This book is targetted at those interested in ... see all copies from $13.99! new only from $13.99!
12	The Mutiny more books like this by Julian Rathbone add to wishlist For its British population, the India that swelters in the late spring of 1857 is a place of amateur theatricals, horseracing and flirtations under the aegis of the omnipotent East India company. But a brutal awakening lies in store for the complacent British: one May night, after thirty years of abuse, the East India Company's native soldiers ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $10.91! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13	Indian Mutiny of 1857 more books like this by G B Malleson, Colonel add to wishlist see all copies from $13.96! new only from $13.96! \| first editions \| SVS
14	The Indian Mutiny more books like this by John Harris add to wishlist The Indian Mutiny of 1857 was a huge and bloody struggle, a "devil's wind" of retribution and death that swept across the jungles, hills and parched plains of the Indian sub-continent. The author vividly recaptures the experience and atmosphere of the time - the smell of battle, the tired men and forced marches, the sieges and the appalling ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.00! \| first editions
15 view cover	Where Soldiers Lie more books like this by Sir John Wilson add to wishlist John Wilson, an ex-geologist and frustrated historian, is the award-winning author of 12 historical fiction novels, most recently "Four Steps to Death, Flames of the Tiger" and "And in the Morning." He has also authored five nonfiction books for young adults, including a biography of John Rae "(Discovering the Arctic)" and a book about the geology ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
16 view cover	The 1857 Rebellion more books like this by Biswamoy Pati (Editor) add to wishlist On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the memorable 1857 Rebellion, this book situates the way the nature of the Rebellion has been debated over the last century and a half. This is achieved by tracing the historiography of the Rebellion and incorporating vital selections - including tracts from some out-of-print books - to bring to the ... see all copies from $18.60! new only from $18.60! \| first editions
17	The Rani of Jhansi: A Study of Female Heroism in India more books like this by Joyce Lebra-Chapman add to wishlist see all copies from $39.65! SVS
18	Crisis of the Raj: The Revolt of 1857 Through British Lieutenants' Eyes more books like this by Wayne G Broehl, Jr. add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	1857: An Illustrated History more books like this by Som Prakash Verma add to wishlist The book recounts the history and significant moments of the revolt of 1857. It has sixty-three visuals (full page) accompanied by descriptions. These cover events, individuals, and monuments related to the rebellion. Based on Campbells A Narrative of the Indian Revolt from its outbreak to the capture of Lucknow, 1858, the volume selects ... see all copies from $28.14! new only from $28.14! \| first editions
20 view cover	They Fight Like Devils: Stories from Lucknow During the Great Indian Mutiny, 1857-58 more books like this by D A Kinsley add to wishlist Vastly outnumbered, British soldiers and civilians were threatened with extermination in their most valued colonial possession. As the vaunted Victorian army began a counteroffensive, the key to final victory lay at Lucknow, where 3,000 British men, women and children were besieged by 30,000 Indian mutineers. For nine months fierce battles raged ... see all copies from $14.30! new only from $14.30! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	War and Society in Colonial India 1807-1945 more books like this by Kaushik Roy (Editor) add to wishlist Analyses the multidimensional ramifications of the colonial state's armies and simultaneously integrates it with broader social and cultural studies. see all copies from $19.12! new only from $21.60! \| first editions
22 view cover	War of No Pity: The Indian Mutiny and Victorian Trauma more books like this by Christopher Herbert add to wishlist On May 11, 1857, Hindu and Muslim sepoys massacred British residents and native Christians in Delhi, setting off both the whirlwind of similar violence that engulfed Bengal in the following months and an answering wave of rhetorical violence in Britain, where the uprising against British rule in India was often portrayed as a clash of civilization ... see all copies from $32.14! new only from $32.14!
23	A flight of pigeons. more books like this by Ruskin Bond add to wishlist see all copies from $5.00! new only from $5.00! \| first editions
24 view cover	1857 War of Independence or a Clash of Civilizations?: British Public Reactions more books like this by Salahuddin Malik add to wishlist This book offers an interesting and illuminating study of Great Britain and Indo-Pakistan subcontinent in the nineteenth century. It sheds light on the motives behind British imperialism in South Asia and religious interactions in India between Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Sikhism. It also provides an informative backdrop behind the concept ... see all copies from $25.28! new only from $25.28!
25 view cover	Awadh in Revolt 1857-1858: A Study of Popular Resistance more books like this by Rudrangshu Mukherjee add to wishlist A groundbreaking study of popular resistance and peasant rebellion in colonial India. see all copies from $15.00! new only from $19.92! \| first editions

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