Rebel queen
Subtitle: a novel
By: Michelle Moran
Edition: First Touchstone hardcover edition.
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 354
ISBN-13: 9781476716350
Subjects: Fiction; History
Description: "When the British Empire sets its sights on India in the mid-nineteenth century, it expects a quick and easy conquest ... But when they arrive in the Kingdom of Jhansi, the British army is met with a surprising challenge. Instead of surrendering, Queen Lakshmi raises two armies--one male and one female--and rides into battle, determined to protect her country and her people. Although her soldiers may not appear at first to be formidable against superior British weaponry and training, Lakshmi refuses to back down from the empire determined to take away the land she loves"--