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English Siege and Prison Writings: From the 'Black Hole' to the 'Mutiny'

English Siege and Prison Writings: From the 'Black Hole' to the 'Mutiny'

Nayar, Pramod K.

Hardcover

Biographies GeneralAsian American StudiesIndian & South Asian History

ISBN10: 1138232688
ISBN13: 9781138232686
Publisher: Routledge India
Published: Nov 9 2016
Pages: 378
Weight: 2.20
Height: 1.10 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.60
Language: English

This volume brings together an unusual collection of British captivity writings - composed during and after imprisonment and in conditions of siege. Writings from the 'Mutiny' of 1857 are well known, but there exists a vast body of texts, from Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Burma, and the Indian subcontinent, that have rarely been compiled or examined. From Robert Knox's 17th-century account of imprisonment in Sri Lanka, through J. Z. Holwell's famous account of the 'Black Hole' of Calcutta, through Florentia Sale's Afghan memoir, and Lady Inglis' 'Mutiny' diary from Lucknow, the book opens up a dark and revealing corner of the colonial archive.

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