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.

Sir John William Kaye (Author), George Bruce Malleson (Author)

9781108023269, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 16 December 2010

494 pages, 4 maps
21.6 x 2.8 x 14 cm, 0.62 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 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 4 covers the storming of Delhi and continues to follow the events in Agra, Cawnpore, Lucknow, Oudh, and Bihar with detailed narratives of the actions of key figures.

Preface
List and short description of places mentioned in this volume
Book X. The Reconquest of the North-West (September-December, 1857): 1. The storming of Dehli
2. The Agra surprise and the Duab
Book XI. The Reconquest of Oudh: 1. Preparations and action in Bengal
2. The second relief of Lakhnao (November, 1857)
3. The Gwallar contingent and General Windham at Kanhpur
4. Sir Colin Campbell retrieves Windham's disaster
5. Further operations in the Duab
6. Movements preliminary to the reconquest of Oudh
7. The advance into Eastern Oudh
8. Outram at the Alambagh
9. The storming of Lakhnao
Book XII. Progress of Events in Orisa, Bihar, Oudh, Eastern Bengal, Rohilkhand, and Rajputana: 1. Eastern Bengal, Eastern Bihar, and the South-Western Province
2. Kunwar Singh and Lord Mark Kerr
3. Kunwar Singh and his successors at bay in Western Bihar
4. The progress in Oudh and Rohilkhand
5. George St. Patrick Lawrence in Rajputana
Appendix.

Subject Areas: Asian history [HBJF]