A Tale of Two Revolts

• Date de parution : 06/11/2009
• Editeur : Penguin Books Ltd Digital
• EAN : 9788184758252
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• Support : Livre numérique

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Two wars--the 1857 Revolt in PBI - India and the American Civil War-'seemingly fought for very different reasons, occurred at opposite ends of the globe in the middle of the nineteenth century. But they were both fought in a PBI - World still dominated by Great Britain and the battle cry in both... Voir plus

Two wars--the 1857 Revolt in PBI - India and the American Civil War-'seemingly fought for very different reasons, occurred at opposite ends of the globe in the middle of the nineteenth century. But they were both fought in a PBI - World still dominated by Great Britain and the battle cry in both conflicts was freedom. Rajmohan Gandhi brings the drama of both wars to one stage in A Tale of Two Revolts. He deftly reconstructs events from the point of view of William Howard Russell-'an Irishman who was also perhaps the PBI - World's first war correspondent-'and uncovers significant connections between the histories of the United States, Britain and PBI - India. The result is a tale of two revolts, three countries and one century. Into this fascinating story Rajmohan Gandhi weaves the choices of five extraordinary inhabitants of PBI - India-'Sayyid Ahmed Khan, Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar, Jotiba Phule, Allan Octavian Hume and Bankimchandra Chatterjee-'and of three towering figures of PBI - World history-'Karl Marx, Leo Tolstoy and Abraham Lincoln-'to show the continuities between the nineteenth century and the PBI - World we live in today. Scholarly, insightful and gripping, A Tale of Two Revolts raises new questions about these wars that changed the PBI - World.