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)

9781108023252, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 16 December 2010

424 pages, 1 b/w illus. 1 map
21.6 x 2.4 x 14 cm, 0.54 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 3 covers areas including Bengal and Bihar, Agra, the central and north-west, Oudh and Lucknow, and includes character assessments and discussions of conditions and causes.

Preface
List and short description of places mentioned in this, and not described in the preceding volume
Book VII. Feebleness in Bengal and Strength in Bihar: 1. Panic and panic-mongers in Calcutta
2. Patna and Arah
3. Bihar, Bengal, and Banaras
Book VIII. The North-Western Provinces, Central India, and Rajputana: 1. Agra and Gwallar
2. Jhansi and Bundelkhand
3. Durand and Holkar
4. George Lawrence and Rajputana
5. Agra and Sassiah
6. The North-West Provinces
Book IX. Oudh: 1. Oudh and Henry Lawrence
2. The Leaguer of Lakhnao
3. Neill, Havelock, and Outram
Appendix.

Subject Areas: Asian history [HBJF]