For its British population, the India that swelters in the late spring of 1857 is a place of amateur theatricals, horseracing and flirtations under the aegis of the omnipotent East India company. But a brutal awakening lies in store for the complacent British: one May night, after thirty years of abuse, the East India Company's native soldiers rise up against their British officers. Thus begins the most savage episode in our imperial history. Caught up in the violence is pretty Sophie Hardcastle, a young wife and mother newly arrived from England. As she searches for her infant son, missing in Mutiny - Julian Rathbone od authora Julian Rathbone a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.
Autor |
Julian Rathbone |
Jazyk |
anglický |
Rok vydání |
2008 |
Žánr |
beletrie |
Typ |
filmy |
Nakladatelství |
Abacus |