Name: Victorian Epic : The Lucknow Campaigns 1857-58 by Wright, William
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Victorian Epic : The Lucknow Campaigns 1857-58 by Wright, William

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Author: Wright, William

Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900

Published on 15 March 2024 by Amberley Publishing in the United Kingdom.

Hardback | 416 pages, 16 Plates, colour
234 x 156 | 727g

In May 1857, with the Indian Mutiny reaching boiling point, Sir Henry Lawrence summoned from their homes two sets of pensioners, one of sepoys and one of artillerymen, to defend the Lucknow British Residency. Lawrence would not clear the mosques surrounding the 60-acre site, which provided cover for rebel sharpshooters and artillery spare the holy places and was almost immediately killed by a shell.

Thus began one of the most dramatic episodes in the history of the British Empire: truly a Victorian epic. Hundreds of women and children cowered in the complex as the bombs and bullets flew. The first relief attempt led by Maj Gen Havelock failed. The tens of thousands of besiegers undermined the d

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Victorian Epic : The Lucknow Campaigns 1857-58 by Wright, William