Cover Page
Title Page
Dedication
Maps
Epigraph
INTRODUCTION
PROLOGUE
I IN INDIA’S SUNNY CLIME
THE LAND OF THE PAGODA TREE
EMPIRES RISE AND WANE
THE HONOURABLE COMPANY
‘THE DEVIL’S WIND’
THE BRITISH RAJ
II THE TROOPSHIPS BRING US
A PASSAGE TO INDIA
SOMETHING STRANGE TO US ALL
SUDDER AND MOFUSSIL
BARRACKS AND BUNGALOWS
CALLING CARDS AND DRAWING ROOMS
BOREDOM AND BAT
III BREAD AND SALT
LORDS OF WAR
SOLDIERS WITHOUT REGIMENTS
HORSE, FOOT AND GUNS
SALT AND GOLD
IV THE SMOKE OF THE FUSILLADE
FIELDS OF BATTLE
BROTHERS IN ARMS?
GOLD EPAULETTES, SILVER MEDALS
DASH AT THE FIRST PARTY
SHOT AND SHELL
BLACK POWDER AND COLD STEEL
BOOT AND SADDLE
THE PETTAH WALL
DUST AND BLOOD
V INDIA’S EXILES
ARRACK AND THE LASH
BIBIS AND MEMSAHIBS
CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS
A FAMILIAR FRIEND
HOT BLOOD, BAD BLOOD
A NOBLE WIFE
EPILOGUE
GLOSSARY OF INDIAN TERMS
Bibliography
ACKNOWLEGDGEMENTS
NOTES
INDEX
P.S.
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