Lucknow 1857 (el. knyga) (skaityta knyga) | Julia Selina Inglis | knygos.lt

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Blood curdling account of the Seige of Lucknow in 1857 India. A fascinanting and shockingly testimony. This is the personal diary of Julia Selina Inglis, the wife of Major-General Sir John Eardley Inglis, who commanded the British troops at the Siege of Lucknow in 1857 in India during the mutiny and uprising of 1857. By June 1857, with three sons aged under five, Julia Inglis was living in the British Residency of Lucknow. On 30 June, under the overall command of Sir Henry Lawrence, the British forces had failed in a preliminary skirmish at Chinhat and retreated into the residency at Lucknow, which immediately came under siege. Book enriched with several Felice beato and Fenton's photos in a new unpublished terrific coloration, and other various images (about 40!). Two new chapters on the history of Lucknow siege and the byography of the most important subjets of the history!!