Kaye's and Malleson's History of the Indian Mutiny of 1857–8

Kaye and Malleson's comprehensive first-hand History is a lucid and interesting account covering the Indian Mutiny's causes and events.

John Kaye (Author), George Bruce Malleson (Author), George Bruce Malleson (Edited by)

9781108023238, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 16 December 2010

482 pages
21.6 x 14 x 2.7 cm, 0.61 kg

This six-volume History of the Indian Mutiny was first produced in 1890 by Colonel George Malleson (1825–1898), who combined Sir John Kaye's History of the Sepoy War in India with his own later work. Kaye (1814–1876) was a prolific writer of biography and history who started the Calcutta Review in 1844. His use of first-hand evidence, collected from personal and professional contacts, supports (perhaps predictably) his assertion that the rebellion is a story of British 'national character', and the narrative is illustrated with biographical and personal anecdotes. Malleson's contributions however are derived from his controversial 'Red Pamphlet' (1857) and other writings, in which he is unafraid to criticise or praise British troops and administration as the occasion demands. Volume 1 contains the first three books, covering introductory remarks on political, military and religious history; a description of the Sepoy army; and the outbreak of the Mutiny.

Editor's preface
Author's preface
Book I. Introductory: 1. Administration of Lord Dalhousie
2. The question of adoption
3. Oudh
4. Destruction of the territorial nobility of India
Book II. The Sipahi Army: 1. India was won by the sword
2. Mutiny of the Madras Officers, 1809
3. The effect of the Afghan War on the Sipahis
4. The Patna Conspiracy
5. Moral deterioration of the Sipahi
Book III. The Outbreak of the Mutiny: 1. Lord Dalhousie leaves India
2. The administration of Oudh
3. Retrospect of 1856
4. The rising storm
5. The military hierarchy in India considered
6. Sentence executed on Manghal Pandi
7. Return of confidence at Calcutta and elsewhere
Appendix.

Subject Areas: Asian history [HBJF]