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THE QUEEN OF JHANSI
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| By: |
Mahasweta Devi, Sagaree Sengupta (Trans), Mandira Sengupta (Trans) |
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Hardback |
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£16.50 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1906497532 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781906497538 |
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| Publisher: |
SEAGULL BOOKS LONDON LTD |
| Pub. date: |
15 July, 2010 |
| Series: |
Seagull World Literature |
| Pages: |
344 |
| Description: |
Lakshmibai, the Queen of Jhansi, a legendary Indian heroine, led her troops against the British in the uprising of 1857, which is widely described as the first Indian War of Independence. This work traces the history of the growing resistance to the British, while building a picture of Lakshmibai as a complex, spirited, full-blooded woman. |
| Synopsis: |
Lakshmibai, the Queen of Jhansi, a legendary Indian heroine, led her troops against the British in the uprising of 1857, which is now widely described as the first Indian War of Independence. The image of the young warrior queen who died on the battlefield but not in the minds of her people captured the imagination of novelist Mahasweta Devi, who undertook extensive research that encompassed family reminiscence, oral literature, local histories, and more traditional sources. From these she wove a very personal history of a heroine - an unusual woman, widowed at an early age, who grew from a free-spirited child into an independent young leader. Devi's resulting work traces the history of the growing resistance to the British, while building a detailed picture of Lakshmibai as a complex, spirited, full-blooded woman who wears her long tresses unbound, prefers male attire on horseback, and is a cool-headed and farsighted leader of men, full of warm concern for her soldiers, as well as a mother who worries about her infant son's well-being.Simultaneously a history, a biography, and an imaginative work of fiction, this book is a valuable contribution to the reclamation of history and historiography by feminist writers. |
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UK |
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Seagull Books London Ltd |
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