The Queen of JhansiSeagull Books, 2010 - 325 من الصفحات 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 at the same time as she prefers a male attire on horseback; who is a cool-headed and far-sighted 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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... June , all military and non- military officers took refuge in the fortress along with their families . They could not arrange for any military supplies other than whatever little ration , cannon balls and bullets had been brought in ...
... June , Hugh Rose reached Bahadurpur , four or five miles away from Morar . Learning of his progress , Rao Saheb had arrived in Morar on the evening of 15 June with several riders and cann- ons . Some select riders from Sindhia's troops ...
... June , Lashkar sparkled brightly as innu- merable torches lit up the place like day . An endless stream of people moved around in the bright lights . The area between Kotah - ki - Sarai and Lashkar was filled with gorges and ravines ...