Synopses & Reviews
Review
"A new history of the uprising that shook an empire—the 1857 sepoy mutiny against the British rulers of India—this is a splendid account of tragedy and triumph. The
tragedy was that the British did nothing to avert a rebellion whose signs were months in the making. The triumph was that a small, outnumbered force of British and loyal Indian troops maintained the rule of the Raj in spite of everything, including deceit, disease, and a climate unfit to move in, much less to fight in. Mr. Hibbert has done exhaustive research on the mutiny, and the result is a work that puts Hollywood to shame. Indeed, one wonders why events like the massacre of Cawnpore and the siege of Lucknow have never been brought to the screen.The Great Mutiny, in short, is a helluva book that would make one helluva movie." Reviewed by Daniel Weiss, Virginia Quarterly Review (Copyright 2006 Virginia Quarterly Review)
Synopsis
'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.