The Siege of Krishnapur
by:
J.G. Farrell (author)
India, 1857. The year of the Great Mutiny, when Muslim soldiers brutally rebelled against their British overlords. This time of conflict is the subject of The Siege of Krishnapur, widely considered to be one of the finest British novels of the last 50 years. A witty and individual take on the...
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India, 1857. The year of the Great Mutiny, when Muslim soldiers brutally rebelled against their British overlords. This time of conflict is the subject of The Siege of Krishnapur, widely considered to be one of the finest British novels of the last 50 years. A witty and individual take on the many traditions and follies of the Empire, it is also a gripping account of survival under siege, showing how people can come to behave in extreme conditions. Full of memorable characters, this audio adaptation is enhanced by fluent and compelling narration by acclaimed actor Tim Pigott-Smith.
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780881841954 (0881841951)
Publish date: November 1st 1985
Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers
Pages no: 344
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
20th Century,
War,
India,
Asia,
Modern
Series: Empire Trilogy (#2)
Later, while he was drinking tea at the table in his bedroom with three young subalterns from Captainganj a succession of musket balls came through the winder, attracted by the oil-lamp . . . one, two, three and then a fourth, one after another. The officers dived smartly under the table, leaving th...
Bookshelves: read | one-penny-wonder | historical-fiction | satire | victoriana | plague-disease | adventure | pulitzer | war | books-with-a-passport | published-1973 | subcontinent Finished on Aug 19, 2009 1 of: Siege of Krishnapur [Paperback:] By: J.G. FarrellCondition: Used - Accep...
Young Farrell has done his research, and is perhaps a little over-zealous in exploiting opportunities to display his knowledge of Victorian warfare. Some of his grisly descriptions might have been spared. At times though, the narrative sparkles with good humour, irony and the flawed intelligence of ...
I loved this, possibly (but just possibly) more than Troubles. I don't know! They are different and yet similar, which is a completely unhelpful thing to say, especially if you haven't read Troubles. But they both have eccentric British people in increasingly desperate and perilous situations under ...
bookshelves: subcontinent, adventure, books-with-a-passport, historical-fiction, pulitzer, one-penny-wonder, war, published-1973, victoriana, satire, plague-disease Recommended to ☯Bettie☯ by: Indian Lit Group here on GR Read in August, 2009 1 of: Siege of Krishnapur [Paperback:] By: J.G. Farrel...
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