num_pages: 736
description: This is the first full account of the siege and massacre at Cawnpore. In the maelstrom of India's Great Mutiny of 1857, the European garrison at Cawnpore survived starvation and bombardment only to die brutally on the eve of rescue. To avenge their deaths and reassert imperial will, thousands of Indians were hanged along the British line of march or tied to guns and blown to pieces. Courage, folly, rage, fanaticism, horror, fortitude - all can be found here. But this is not just a saga of bloodshed following upon bloodshed; it is a demonstration of an essential rite of imperial progress. The cycle of massacre and retribution at Cawnpore advanced the empire by drowning out its critics in the fire and brimstone of British vengeance.
language: English
title: Our Bones Are Scattered : Cawnpore Massacres and the Indian Mutiny of 1857
titlecomplete: Our Bones Are Scattered : Cawnpore Massacres and the Indian Mutiny of 1857
genres: War, British Literature, European History, Microhistory, Nonfiction, India, Military Fiction, History, True Crime
ratings_count: 101
publisher: John Murray Pubs Ltd