The Indian Mutiny, 1857-58
Fremont-Barnes, Gregory2007
Book
1857 saw discontent in India explode into open rebellion, obliging Britain to field its largest army since the Napoleonic Wars, forty years before. Here, the author examines the origins of British rule in India, the causes of the conflict, the rival forces, and the fighting itself.
Main title:
The Indian Mutiny, 1857-58 / Gregory Fremont-Barnes.
Author:
Imprint:
Oxford : Osprey, 2007.
Collation:
96 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Series title:
Essential histories ; 68
ISBN:
9781846032097 (pbk)1846032091 (pbk)
Dewey class:
954'.0317
Language:
English
BRN:
232974