To Fight the Mahrattas: The Journal of an Officer of the 2nd Bengal Native Infantry 1802-1806

by John Pester

Book Overview

An essential account of the conquest of India

It is perhaps surprising that although India was the brightest jewel in the British Imperial Crown. there is comparatively little in print today about the many wars which were fought to win it. These had raged for nearly a century before the Sikhs of the Punjab were subjugated and the Sepoy Army rose in rebellion in the middle of the nineteenth century. The Duke of Wellington fought his hardest...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 184677716X
• ISBN13: 9781846777165
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Leonaur Ltd
• Length: 444 Pages
• Weight: 1.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 8.5"