Mark Thornhill

The Personal Adventures and Experiences of a Magistrate During the Rise, Progress, and Suppression of the Indian Mutiny

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Produktbeschreibung

Magistrate Mark Thornhill's eyewitness account of the Indian Mutiny, published in 1884, illuminates its dramatic events and the tensions underlying them.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 350
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Februar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 494g
• ISBN-13: 9781108044707
• ISBN-10: 1108044700
• Artikelnr.: 35109262

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. The assembling of the army
3. The march to Delhi
4. Rural disturbances
5. The mutiny of the guard
6. Flight to Agra
7. Flight to Agra continued
8. Return to Muttra
9. Defence of the city
10. The plundering of the treasury
11. The city of Muttra
12. A village rajah
13. The Kotah contingent
14. The approach of the enemy
15. Closing around us
16. A midnight ride
17. A midnight ride continued
18. The first three days
19. Battle of Shahgunge. Prior events
20. Battle of Shahgunge. Battle itself
21. Departure of the enemy
22. The fort of Agra
23. Life in the fort
24. Secret passages
25. Ghost stories
26. The old palace
27. Quarrels
28. The expedition
29. Mr. Colvin's death
30. The fall of Delhi
31. The Battle of Agra
32. The battle-field
33. After the battle
34. Leaving the fort
35. Conclusion
36. What caused the mutiny?