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Maria Germon
An eyewitness to the Siege of Lucknow, she left behind a vivid personal diary that brings one of the best-known episodes of the 1857 Indian Rebellion down to the level of daily survival. Her writing feels immediate and human, recording fear, hardship, and endurance from inside the Residency.
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About the author
Maria Vincent Germon is known for A Diary Kept by Mrs. R. C. Germon, at Lucknow, Between the Months of May and December, 1857, a firsthand account of the Siege of Lucknow during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Project Gutenberg and the Online Books Page identify her as Maria Vincent Germon and list this diary, originally published in London in 1870, as her principal surviving work.
Sources found during this search describe her as Maria Vincent Garratt Germon, born in Ely, Cambridgeshire, in 1822. They say she married Captain Richard Charles Germon in Calcutta in 1851 and was present at Lucknow throughout the siege, writing from the perspective of a military wife living through bombardment, overcrowding, illness, and uncertainty.
What makes her memorable is the closeness of her record. Rather than offering a distant military history, she wrote about everyday life under pressure, which gives modern readers a more intimate view of the uprising and of civilian experience in colonial India. No suitable verified portrait image could be confidently confirmed from the pages reviewed.