Author: R. M. Coopland
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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 484
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A Lady's Escape from Gwalior and Life in the Fort of Agra During the Mutinies of 1857
Author: R. M. Coopland
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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 484
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Publisher:
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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 484
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A Lady's Escape from Gavalior and Life
Author: R. M. Coopland
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Languages : en
Pages : 334
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Languages : en
Pages : 334
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A Lady’s Escape From Gwalior [Illustrated Edition]
Author: Ruth Coopland
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1782892273
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
[Illustrated with over one hundred maps, photos and portraits, of the battles of the Indian Mutiny] By 1857, British power in India had been largely undisputed for almost fifty years, however, the armies of the East India Company were largely recruited from the native people of India. But in 1858 the Sepoy soldiers turned against their erstwhile British employers. The events that led up to the Revolt were many and varied, including British highhandedness, ignorance of local customs and religious values, and incendiary propaganda. It is generally argued that the spark that lit the flame was the rumour that the newly issued rifle cartridges would be greased either with tallow, derived from beef and thereby offensive to Hindus, or lard, derived from pork and thereby offensive to Muslims. The enraged soldiers mutinied across a number of Indian States, taking Delhi, besieging Lucknow, and revolting in Oudh. In the middle of these tumultuous events was Ruth Coopland, wife of Rev. Coopland who had been sent to the important city of Agra some in Gwalior. Her world shattered as the news of the uprising of the Sepoys spread. Her own household servants became sullen, aggressive and possibly murderous; she recounts how the atmosphere began to heat up as rumours of slaughters abounded. Finally the clouds broke; the rebellion finally reached Gwalior and anyone British was a target for cold-blooded murder, her husband was killed in the initial stages of the fighting and as rioting carried on she made good here escape in the company of other women. Her travails only increased as she attempted to escape to the fort at Agra which she describes in all of its perilous details along with the grim struggle to stay alive in the fort. Having survived all of the brutalities of India she returned to England where she was determined that her story, as an exemplar of the larger suffering, should be made know to the public.
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1782892273
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
[Illustrated with over one hundred maps, photos and portraits, of the battles of the Indian Mutiny] By 1857, British power in India had been largely undisputed for almost fifty years, however, the armies of the East India Company were largely recruited from the native people of India. But in 1858 the Sepoy soldiers turned against their erstwhile British employers. The events that led up to the Revolt were many and varied, including British highhandedness, ignorance of local customs and religious values, and incendiary propaganda. It is generally argued that the spark that lit the flame was the rumour that the newly issued rifle cartridges would be greased either with tallow, derived from beef and thereby offensive to Hindus, or lard, derived from pork and thereby offensive to Muslims. The enraged soldiers mutinied across a number of Indian States, taking Delhi, besieging Lucknow, and revolting in Oudh. In the middle of these tumultuous events was Ruth Coopland, wife of Rev. Coopland who had been sent to the important city of Agra some in Gwalior. Her world shattered as the news of the uprising of the Sepoys spread. Her own household servants became sullen, aggressive and possibly murderous; she recounts how the atmosphere began to heat up as rumours of slaughters abounded. Finally the clouds broke; the rebellion finally reached Gwalior and anyone British was a target for cold-blooded murder, her husband was killed in the initial stages of the fighting and as rioting carried on she made good here escape in the company of other women. Her travails only increased as she attempted to escape to the fort at Agra which she describes in all of its perilous details along with the grim struggle to stay alive in the fort. Having survived all of the brutalities of India she returned to England where she was determined that her story, as an exemplar of the larger suffering, should be made know to the public.
The Athenaeum
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Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 454
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Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 454
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Minor Catalogues of the Public Library of the City of Boston [Fingierter Sammeltitel]
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1080
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Languages : en
Pages : 1080
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The Sign of Four
Author: Arthur Conan Doyle
Publisher: Broadview Press
ISBN: 1460401727
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
Arthur Conan Doyle’s second Sherlock Holmes novel is both a detective story and an imperial romance. Ostensibly the story of Mary Morstan, a beautiful young woman enlisting the help of Holmes to find her vanished father and solve the mystery of her receipt of a perfect pearl on the same date each year, it gradually uncovers a tale of treachery and human greed. The action audaciously ranges from penal settlements on the Andaman Islands to the suburban comfort of South London, and from the opium-fuelled violence of Agra Fort during the Indian ‘Mutiny’ to the cocaine-induced contemplation of Holmes’ own Baker Street. This Broadview Edition places Doyle’s tale in the cultural, political, and social contexts of late nineteenth-century colonialism and imperialism. The appendices provide a wealth of relevant extracts from hard-to-find sources, including official reports, memoirs, newspaper editorials, and anthropological studies.
Publisher: Broadview Press
ISBN: 1460401727
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
Arthur Conan Doyle’s second Sherlock Holmes novel is both a detective story and an imperial romance. Ostensibly the story of Mary Morstan, a beautiful young woman enlisting the help of Holmes to find her vanished father and solve the mystery of her receipt of a perfect pearl on the same date each year, it gradually uncovers a tale of treachery and human greed. The action audaciously ranges from penal settlements on the Andaman Islands to the suburban comfort of South London, and from the opium-fuelled violence of Agra Fort during the Indian ‘Mutiny’ to the cocaine-induced contemplation of Holmes’ own Baker Street. This Broadview Edition places Doyle’s tale in the cultural, political, and social contexts of late nineteenth-century colonialism and imperialism. The appendices provide a wealth of relevant extracts from hard-to-find sources, including official reports, memoirs, newspaper editorials, and anthropological studies.
Catalogue of Mayer Free Library, Bebington. Established January 1st, 1866
Author: Anonymous
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 338548880X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 202
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Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 338548880X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 202
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Catalogue of Mayer Free Library, Bebington. Established January 1st, 1866. Lending Department. Miles Pilling Elsby, Honorary Librarian
Author: Mayer Free Library (Bebington, England)
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 210
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 210
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The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science, Art, and Finance
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 804
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 804
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The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 804
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 804
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