The Siege of Krishnapur

ISBN: 9781857994919

出版社: Phoenix

出版年: 1996

页数: 320

定价: USD 14.45

装帧: Paperback

内容简介

The year is 1857. In Krishnapur, the British community carries on its serene existence, complacently ignoring the rumours of trouble among the native troops elsewhere in Hindustan. Life is dull, but the trappings of Civilisation must be earnestly preserved. Only the Collector, Mr Hopkins, senses danger. When the sepoys in the nearby cantonment rise in bloody revolt, the British retreat in shocked confusion to the residency. Crowded behind makeshift barricades, surrounded by the Collector's varied mementos of the Great Exhibition, they set themselves grimly to fight for their lives - and for their way of life - with every means at their disposal.