In the mid-19th century India was the focus of Britain's international prestige and commercial power - the most important colony in an empire which extended to

A volume in the Worlds of the East India Company series, edited by Huw Bowen The events of 1857-58 in India are seen here through a series of untold stories whi

The Indian Uprising of 1857 had a profound impact on the colonial psyche, and its spectre haunted the British until the very last days of the Raj. For the past

A collection of essays on the history and relationships of the East India Company from 1600 to the early 1800s.

"Frey's concise and readable history of the Indian Rebellion is an excellent introduction to one of the most important wars of the nineteenth century. The rebel