Harriet Tytler was the only woman present at the siege of Delhi in 1957, the most crucial encounter of the Indian Mutiny. l857. Her unique eyewitness account of the siege and description of her life in India are remarkable as much for their compelling readability as for their historical significance.
A woman of singular courage and independence, Harriet Earle was born into an army family in India and at the age of nineteen married Captain Robert...