Book description
'A fine achievement by a huge new talent' William Dalrymple, Sunday Times
In 1857 the native troops of the Bengal army rose against their
colonial masters. The ensuing insurrection was to become the bloodiest
in the history of the British Empire. Combining formidable
storytelling with ground-breaking research, Saul David narrates a tale
at once heart-rendingly tragic and extraordinarily compelling. David
provides new and convincing evidence that the true causes of the
mutiny were much more complex, and disturbing, than previously assumed.
Saul David was born near Monmouth in 1966 and educated at Ampleforth
and Edinburgh University. His previous books, include Mutiny at Salerno:
An Injustice Exposed (made into a BBC Timewatch documentary), The
Homicidal Earl: The Life of Lord Cardigan, and Prince of Pleasure: The
Prince of Wales and the making of the Regency. He lives in Somerset with
his wife and two children.
