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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... Kalpi with his 9,000 men . He was overjoyed to hear that the Queen was in Kalpi already . The Nawab of Banda was a very brave and valiant warrior . His arrival at Kalpi inspired the soldiers anew . Tatia Topi was gone . The Queen and ...
... Kalpi was to begin , these batteries were to weaken the city and fort of Kalpi and Tehri with barrages of fire , so that Hugh Rose could attack Kalpi more easily . His entire division fell ill trying to stave off the piece- meal attacks ...
... Kalpi . When the sun had set , throwing red and gold reflections over the Yamuna , then Hugh Rose , the victor , had seen the Indians speedi- ly riding away towards Jalaun to the west . Since the battle of 22 May had ended in abject ...