The Great Mutiny: India 1857 Paperback – 27 March 1980

A FASCINATING AND MEMORABLE READ!!I would have written a review later some time, but for the 1 star review that (although more about the paper quality) was insulting to the esteemed author.So here are my 2 cents.a beautifully written book, wonderfully articulate, without a show of scholarship and totally understandable and relatable to an indian reader. The author does not seem biased and breaks up the mutiny (exaggeratedly called "india's first struggle of independence") into simple words set in chronological order... and which in turn seem complete and well covered.The sufferings of english men and women be it in lucknow or kanpur or on the run are rendered with due emotion but without sounding melodramatic. The trickery of nana sahib and his men leading to the massacres in kanpur. And the reality of mangal pandey... who is refferred to as a rough adoscelent minded sepoy turned mutineer who has been jumped up by his friends and the effect of local drugs to perform a stupid and "nothing to do with india's freedom" act.i think i need to edit this review when i am not watching television (like I am now). But a 1 star review really had to be sounded out.

Excellent Book

My Opinion - Read this book to get the English perspective of the event. Then read a book by an Indian author to get the Indian perspective, so that now you have a well-rounded picture of the entire conflict.The reason I say this is the the narration, though extremely detailed and comprehensive, gives a very one-sided view-that of the English side. The glorious, heroic deeds are all of the English, with heroes having names. The suffering is also on the English side. There are hardly any leaders or heroes named from the other side except the ones that cannot be not included in a serious book about the event. It felt very much like the Lord of the Rings, with sepoys instead of Sauron's orcs. It's well told and entertaining but nothing more than that - read this but follow up with another book if you value fairness.

It is written from british perspective, which does not mean supporting british though. It feels like its somebody writing who is travelling with british armies. Like more text is present about some british officer and their wives than indian characters like tatya, mangal, jhansi ki rani and others.

I am totally disappointed with the quality of the paper and the printing.Its total waste.With such quality , the book does not worth more than 100 Rs.

The book is not in a good conditionAm disappointed