Book Excerpts

Read Exclusive Excerpts from Lucknow, 1857 and Kanpur, 1857

The city of Lucknow was the epicentre of the uprising of 1857.

In Lucknow, 1857 – part of a new series of books on India’s historic battles – historian Rosie Llewellyn-Jones examines the conflict in detail, from the British annexation of Awadh to the Indian response and the subsequent revolt by sepoys.

In Kanpur, 1857 – part of a new series of books on India’s historic battles – historian Andrew Ward gives an unblinking account of the siege of the entrenchment into which the European community fled when the town’s four native regiments rebelled, the massacre at Sati Chaura Ghat, and the hacking to death of the surviving Europeans.

Read the richly illustrated excerpts from two parts of a new series of books on India’s historic battles: Lucknow, 1857 and Kanpur, 1857.

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