Here is an exciting novel of Victorian India with a background of the Siege of Lucknow and the Cawnpore Mutiny. The author tells her story in the style of the period and the unimpassioned way in which she describes the scenes and events of tremendous excitement and emotion lends such a convincing air of credibility to the story that it appears to be a genuine eye-witness account of a true experience.A hardback copy without dust jacket. In very good condition with light bumps to edges and very faint signs of foxing.