Angels of Albion: Women of the Indian Mutiny - Softcover

Robinson, Jane

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140173080 ISBN 13: 9780140173086

Publisher: Penguin, 1997

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About this title

Synopsis:

This is a book about the Indian Mutiny of 1857, told mainly from the women's point of view. It is a narrative history of the various sieges, massacres, "triumphs" and debacles of the mutiny based on these passive eye-witness accounts, dealing not so much with the military action as with the immediate consequences of it on the women involved. The mutiny is a particularly interesting campaign to explore in this way, since many blamed the memsahibs' behaviour for exacerbating it in the first place, while once the uprising was underway and some of the massacres of British women and children grew apparent, it became a sort of crusade to avenge the daughters of Albion.

About the Author:

Jane Robinson was born in Edinburgh, brought up in North Yorkshire and now lives near Oxford. She has written two books about women travellers, WAYWARD WOMEN and UNSUITABLE FOR LADIES.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0140173080
• ISBN 13: 9780140173086
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336