The Great Mutiny: India 1857
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Great Mutiny: India 1857
By (Author) Christopher Hibbert
Penguin Books Ltd
Penguin Books Ltd
27th March 1980
27th March 1980
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
954.0317
Physical Properties
Paperback
504
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 35mm
500g
Description
'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.
Author Bio
Christopher Hibbert is, in the words of the TES, 'perhaps the most gifted popular historian we have'. His books include THE DESTRUCTION OF LORD RAGLAN (which won the Heinemann Award for Literature in 1962); LONDON- THE BIOGRAPHY OF A CITY and THE VIRGIN QUEEN- THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF ELIZABETH I and THE MARLBOROUGHS (Viking 2001). Christopher Hibbert is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He is married with two sons and a daughter and lives in Henley-on-Thames.
