On a stifling hot Sunday in May 1857, at the height of the British Raj in India, three regiments of native troops mutinied at Meerut, forty miles from Delhi. British officers and their wives were murdered, buildings were burned, British power and property was destroyed. Soon all the North-Western Provinces in India were in an uproar. In places from Arrah to Indore, British officials, their wives and children, were besieged. In this absorbing book, Hibbert investigates the causes of the Mutiny as well as its course. He tells the story of that year, 1857, in vivid detail and brilliantly captures the atmosphere of the time. At once an impartial narrative of great drive and power, here too is the fullest, most unforgettable account of the Great Mutiny.
"Mr. Hibbert is a writer of absolute certainty, and it is hard not to believe that he himself was on hand at every occasion he recounts." (The New Yorker)
