The Queen of Jhansi
Lakshmibai, the Queen of Jhansi, a legendary Indian heroine, led her troops against the British in the uprising of 1857, which is widely described as the first Indian War of Independence. This work traces the history of the growing resistance to the British, while building a picture of Lakshmibai as a complex, spirited, full-blooded woman.
Fiction
xviii, 325 pages ; 23 cm
9781906497538, 1906497532
1120042002
Revised edition of: The Queen of Jhansi. 2000
Translated from the Bengali