Sahib: The British Soldier in India 1750–1914Sahib is a magnificent history of the British soldier in India from Clive to the end of Empire, making full use of personal accounts from the soldiers who served in the jewel in Britain’s Imperial Crown. This is a stunning account of Indian soldiering in peace and war, from the barrack rooms to the cavalry swirling across open plains. Bestselling military historian Richard Holmes not only illuminates the lives and feelings of the men who served, but also those of the women who followed them across a vast continent, bore their children, and suffered alongside them in the merciless conditions. |
Contents
THE TROOPSHIPS BRING | |
BREAD AND SALT | |
THE SMOKE OF THE FUSILLADE | |
INDIAS EXILES | |
EPILOGUE | |
GLOSSARY OF INDIAN TERMS | |
ACKNOWLEGDGEMENTS | |
INDEX | |
About the author | |
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