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Record Nr.

UNINA9910149372403321

Titolo

English siege and prison writings : from the 'black hole' to the 'mutiny' / / edited by Pramod K. Nayar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2017

ISBN

1-315-30079-6

1-315-30077-X

1-315-30078-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (356 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

NayarPramod K

Disciplina

808.8

Soggetti

Literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A Routledge India original"--cover.

Nota di contenuto

1. An historical relation of the Island Ceylon in the East Indies (1681) / Robert Knox -- 2. A genuine narrative of the deaths of English gentlemen (1764) / J.Z. Holwell -- 3. Personal narrative of two years' imprisonment in Burmah (1860) / Henry Gouger -- 4. A journal of the disasters in Afghanistan (1843) / Lady [Florentia] Sale -- 5. The military operations at Cabul (1843) / Vincent Eyre -- 6. From the Calcutta gazette (1791) / William Drake -- 7. A narrative of the sufferings of James Bristow (1793) / James Bristow -- 8. A narrative of the military operations on the Coromandel Coast (1789) / Innes Munro -- 9. The captivity, sufferings and escape of James Scurry (1824) / James Scurry -- 10. An authentic account of the treatment of English prisoners (1785) / Henry Oakes -- 11. Siege of Lucknow : a diary (1892) / Lady [Julia] Inglis.