The Indian Mutiny 1857–58
The Indian Mutiny 1857–58

Author: Gregory Fremont-Barnes

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2014-06-06

Total Pages: 118

ISBN-13: 1472810317

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In the mid-19th century India was the focus of Britain's international prestige and commercial power - the most important colony in an empire which extended to every continent on the globe and protected by the seemingly dependable native armies of the East India Company. When, however, in 1857 discontent exploded into open rebellion, Britain was obliged to field its largest army in forty years to defend its 'jewel in the crown'. This book, drawing on the latest sources as well as numerous first-hand accounts, explains why the sepoy armies rose up against the world's leading imperial power, details the major phases of the fighting, including the massacres at Cawnpore and the epic sieges of Delhi and Lucknow, and examines many other aspects of this compelling, at times horrifying, subject.

The Indian Mutiny
The Indian Mutiny

Author: Saul David

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 550

ISBN-13:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The Indian Mutiny of 1857 was the bloodiest insurrection in the history of the British Empire. It began with a large-scale uprising by native troops against their colonial masters, and soon developed into general rebellion as thousands of discontented civilians joined in. It is a tale of brutal murder and heroic resistance from which innocents on both sides could not escape. This work covers the story of the Mutiny. It challenges the accepted wisdom that a British victory was inevitable, showing just how close the mutineers came to dealing a fatal blow to the British Raj.

The First Indian War of Independence 1857-1859
The First Indian War of Independence 1857-1859

Author: K. Marx

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2023-02-12

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 3382301733

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Reprint of the original. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

Mediation, Remediation, and the Dynamics of Cultural Memory
Mediation, Remediation, and the Dynamics of Cultural Memory

Author: Astrid Erll

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 3110204444

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The specific concern of this collection is linking the use of media to the larger socio-cultural processes involved in collective memory-making. The focus rests in particular on two aspects of media use: the basic dynamics of mediation and remediation. The key questions are: What role do media play in the production and circulation of cultural memories? How do mediation, remediation and intermediality shape objects and acts of cultural remembrance? How can new, emergent media redefine or transform what is collectively remembered?

Awadh in Revolt, 1857-1858
Awadh in Revolt, 1857-1858

Author: Rudrangshu Mukherjee

Publisher: Anthem Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1843310759

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The revolt of 1857 continues to arouse interest and debate. This book, first published in 1984 and now in paperback for the first time, remains one of the best studies of popular resistance and peasant rebellion. This revised edition features a new introduction, which provides an update on the historiography of peasant revolt. The author also charts some of these changes and their relevance to a deeper understanding of the uprising of 1857.

Queen Victoria's Wars
Queen Victoria's Wars

Author: Stephen M. Miller

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2021-06-17

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 1108490123

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Offers a revised and updated history of thirteen of the most significant British conflicts during the Victorian period.

The Great Uprising in India, 1857-58
The Great Uprising in India, 1857-58

Author: Rosie Llewellyn-Jones

Publisher: Boydell & Brewer

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 1843833042

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

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).