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Cawnpore

Cawnpore

Author(s): Tom Williams

Location(s): Kanpur (Cawnpore

Genre(s): Fiction, Historical

Era(s): Mid 19th Century

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During the Indian uprising of 1857, a small British force was surrounded by rebels in Cawnpore. The massacre that followed shocked Britain. ‘Cawnpore’ tells the story of the events leading to the massacre. It is a story of a clash of cultures that led, almost inevitably, to a horror that engulfed both the Indian people and the British who were occupying their country.

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Detail of the period and a feel of the uncertainty of the times are excellently conveyed

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