- Paperback: 368 pages
- Publisher: Souvenir Press Ltd; New Ed edition (11 May 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0285635522
- ISBN-13: 978-0285635524
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 13 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 48,875 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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New Year's Eve, 1856. As Captain Rodney Savage of the 13th Rifles, Bengal Native Infantry, celebrates the start of 1857 with his wife and friends in the isolated cantonment of Bhowani, news comes of a crisis that will have terrifying and widespread repercussions: the Rajah of the neighbouring native state of Kishanpur has been assassinated, and the Rani has had thirty-five of the culprits garrotted. With unrest mounting, the British have no option but to send troops to protect her and her young son. In the following months, as tension erupts into violence and the British begin to wonder whether even their closest servents are trustworthy, Rodney has good cause to remember the quiet comment of Caroline Langford, a visitor from England: 'India is your palace, but you live shut up in little rooms like the Bhowani Cantonment, and the next English room is always away at the other end of the palace somewhere.' Combining the flare of a true story-teller with an intuitive sense of history born of his own deep knowledge and love of India, John Masters re-creates the horror of the Indian Mutiny that was to mark the end of British complacency in the huge sub-continent which they had thought their own. Never again would they feel so secure amid a native population that vastly outnumbered them. The seeds of discontent had been sown, to bear fruit ninety years later in India's painfully won independence.
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John Masters was a general in the British Army and served on the North-West frontier.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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A fictional adventure and romance story based on the Indian Mutiny (British version) or Uprising (Indian point of view). Either way this is engrossing. A desperate situation faced by believable characters, none of them perfect, but each one acting according to perceived interest and, or, principle. The background of nineteenth century India is elaborately detailed and compelling. Indians and Englishmen are portrayed with deep understanding and real sympathy. This is a work that can be re-read many times without losing its impact.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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John Masters has a way with words, and a wonderful memory for the unusual, amusing, or sad incidents he has witnessed or been told of in his army career. He starts his story as a bit of a know all, but soon has his rough edges ground down by the people he meets, both in England and in India. A thoroughly engrossing book, especially if you have Indian or army connections.
1 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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The synopsis to this book talks about "servents" and "flare", when it means "flair". I don't know how one can inform Amazon of this and ask that the errors be corrected other than by writing a review.
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