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Nightrunners of Bengal

by John Masters · 1951

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As Captain Rodney Savage of the 13th Rifles celebrates the start of 1857 in the isolated town of Bhowani there is unrest stirring in the neighbouring state of Kishanpur. Captain Savage is ordered to Kishanpur to protect the state's ruler and her young son. As the tension develops into violence and the British struggle to identify who is loyal to them the full horror of the Indian Mutiny emerges. One of the great novels of India, Nightrunners of Bengal combines John Master's mastery of story-telling with an intuitive sense of history.

Genre
historical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thiswar and militarywar and militaryMore like thisLess of this
Themes
colonialismcolonialismMore like thisLess of this
Setting
19th century19th centuryMore like thisLess of thisIndiaIndiaMore like thisLess of thisAsiaAsiaMore like thisLess of this
Subject
historyhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 368 pages

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