After the final battle in the mud and cold of the Crimea, Jack Crossman, minus a hand and newly promoted to lieutenant, finds himself taking ship for...
The last of the Great Mughals was Bahadur Shah Zafar II. This book charts the desecration and demise of this man, his dynasty, his city and civilizations...
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...
India, 1856. Aged just 21, Lakshmi Bai, otherwise known as Manu, the widowed and recently deposed Rani of Jhansi, finds herself embroiled in the developing...
In the Spring of 1857, with India on the brink of a violent and bloody mutiny, Krishnapur is a remote town on the vast North Indian plain. For the British...
Over 60 years after surviving the massacre at Cawnpore, Emily is discovered living in poverty in the local bazaar by a young British doctor called Jenny...
This is the diary of Hanuman Singh set in India between 1857 and 1858. The 'My Story' series features historical diaries written by fictional characters...
PublishedAnstey, Leics: Ulverscroft Large Print Books Ltd: [distributor] F A Thorpe (Publishers) Ltd: [distributor] Ulverscroft Large Print Books, 2009
This is military and social history at its best, a story of soldiers, sailors and civilians, with royalty and rank-and-file, workmen and engineers, priests...