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Massacre at Cawnpore (Adventures of Alexander Sheridan)
Massacre at Cawnpore - Adventures of Alexander Sheridan Author:V. A. Stuart 1857. With savage mutineers laying relentless siege to its very gates, the British garrison at Cawnpore holds on with little more than will. A ragged band of exhausted soldiers defending some 400 frightened women and hungry children in a crumbling outpost, they wait behind frail mud walls, under scorching sun, for the uncertain arrival o... more »f relief troops. In epic and meticulously authentic fashion, V.A. Stuart details this tragic story from the Indian Mutiny through the captive characters of Alex Sheridan, an officer in the East India Company's Bengal Light Cavalry, and his wife, Emmy. Intense and inspiring, it describes the heroism of a handful of British soldiers and civilians who confronted swarms of vengeful sepoys and all but hopeless odds.« less