The great mutiny, India 1857 / Christopher Hibbert

London : Allen Lane, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 472 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, 2 maps, portraits ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 434-450) and index. Contents; Sahibs and memsahibs -- Soldiers and sepoys -- Chupatties and lotus flowers -- Mutiny at Meerut -- Rebels and fugitives -- The mutiny spreads -- A magistrate in Rajputana -- Agra and Calcutta -- Nana sahib -- Enter Henry Havelock -- Lawrence at Lucknow -- The siege of Lucknow -- The first relief of Lucknow -- The king of Delhi -- The ridge -- The assault -- The captured city -- Scorched earth -- The fall of Lucknow -- The last of the rebels. Subjects; Sepoy Rebellion (India : 1857-1858). India History British occupation, (1765-1947). India History Sepoy Rebellion, (1857-1858). India. India History Sepoy Rebellion, (1857-1858). Indien Aufstand (1857-1858). Indian Mutiny.