OUR BONES ARE SCATTERED - The Cawnpore Massacre and the Indian Mutiny of 1857 by Ward, Andrew

This will prove to be the definitive study of the siege of Cawnpore, the resulting massacre and the terrible retribution waged by the British. Ward begins with a detailed account of all the key British & Indian players and their lives till 1857, the outbreak of the Mutiny, the long & bitter sige, the massacre of the surviving British soldiers and dependents after their surrender, and the campaign waged by the reliefing force and the toll taken on captured Indians. ....................................................New York 1996, Holt, first US edition, hard bound in dust jacket, Fine/Fine condition, 6 1/2 x 9 1/2, xxviii, 703 pp, illus, maps, extensive notes, bibliog, index.