The Defence of Lucknow

Name: The Defence of Lucknow
Author: T. F. (Thomas Fourness) Wilson

by T. F. (Thomas Fourness) Wilson

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The Defence of Lucknow A Diary Recording the Daily Events during the Siege of the European Residency, from 31st May to 25th September, 1857

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Project Gutenberg

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2016-09-19

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Public domain in the USA.

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India -- History -- Sepoy Rebellion, 1857-1858 Lucknow (India) -- History -- Siege, 1857 -- Personal narratives Wilson, T. F. (Thomas Fourness) -- Diaries Lucknow (India) -- History -- Siege, 1857 -- Sources

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T. F. (Thomas Fourness) Wilson

A British staff officer who witnessed the Siege of Lucknow firsthand, he left behind a vivid day-by-day record of one of the best-known episodes of the 1857 uprising in India. His writing is direct, immediate, and full of the strain of people living through a long military crisis.

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