A Lady's Indian Mutiny Diary: Recollections of a Cavalry Officer's Wife Before & During the Indian Mutiny, 1857

by M. H. Ouvry

Book Overview

The mutiny as seen by a Lancer's wife

This account, which briefly covers life in India immediately preceding the Indian Mutiny, was originally titled A Lady's Life Before and During the Indian Mutiny. The 'red' year of 1857 was an apocalyptic one for many of the British in India and Mrs. Ouvry's account as she gives us the perspective of a wife of a senior regimental officer in a British Army cavalry regiment is, of course, harrowing. Henry...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 085706794X
• ISBN13: 9780857067944
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Leonaur Ltd
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"