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The Great Mutiny: India 1857

by Christopher Hibbert · 1978

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'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.

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war and militarywar and militaryMore like thisLess of this
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historyhistoryMore like thisLess of thismilitary historymilitary historyMore like thisLess of thisreligionreligionMore like thisLess of this
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19th century19th centuryMore like thisLess of thisIndiaIndiaMore like thisLess of thisEnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of thisBritishBritishMore like thisLess of thisSouth AsiaSouth AsiaMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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long · 480 pages

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