Title: War of No Pity
Description: Christopher Herbert considers why the Victorian public saw the Indian Mutiny of 1857-59 as an epochal event and offers a view of this episode, and of Victorian imperialist culture more generally.
Subjects: English literature, Historiography, History, History and criticism, In literature, Literature and history, Literature and the rebellion, Polemics in literature, Politics and literature, Public opinion, English literature, history and criticism, 19th century, India, history, sepoy rebellion, 1857-1858, Public opinion, india, India, in literature
Places: Great Britain, India
Time periods: 19th century, Sepoy Rebellion, 1857-1858