The Indian Mutiny. Julian Spilsbury. Weidenfeld & Nicolson.(Brief article)(Book review)

Contemporary Review | June 22, 2008 | Copyright

The Indian Mutiny. Julian Spilsbury. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. [pounds sterling]20.00. 373 pages. ISBN 978-0-297-84651-2. The Indian Mutiny still reverberates after over 150 years. In this new study the author sets out to be even-handed and in his introduction shows the grounds for each side's disaffection. The East India Company, he writes, was heavy-handed and lacking in respect for Indian customs. His view is that the mutiny, which was not the first, was almost inevitable. After the first chapter Mr ...

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