For Queen and Company
Vignettes of the Irish Soldier in the Indian Mutiny
This book records the actions of those Irish soldiers (and others) who were awarded the Victoria Cross in the event known to the British public in 1857 as 'The Indian Mutiny'. Since then, revisionist historians have applied other names to what occurred: a 'war of independence', 'a revolt', or 'a great rebellion'... none of these are accurate for the events that began in Meerut on Sunday, 10 May 1857: it was a mutiny; when soldiers refused a lawful command, it was a mutiny. Those former members of the Indian regiments were mutineers and those civilians who joined or supported them were rebels... these were the words of the time and, in recount…
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Weitere Autoren: Young, John
- ISBN: 978-1-911512-79-0
- EAN: 9781911512790
- Produktnummer: 22497629
- Verlag: Helion & Company
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 112 S.
- Masse: H39.6 cm x B24.3 cm x D0.7 cm 242 g
- Abbildungen: c 60 ills & maps
- Gewicht: 242
- Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational
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