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The siege of Krishnapur / J.G. Farrell.

By: Farrell, J. G. (James Gordon), 1935-1979Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: London : Phoenix, 1993 [reprint 2011]. Description: 314 p. ; 20 cmISBN: 1857994914; 1857994914Subject(s): India -- History -- Sepoy Rebellion, 1857-1858 -- FictionDDC classification: 823.914 Online resources: WorldCat Details Summary: MAN BOOKER PRIZE 1973. In the Spring of 1857, with India on the brink of a violent and bloody mutiny, Krishnapur is a remote town on the vast North Indian plain. For the British there, life is orderly and genteel. Then the sepoys at the nearest military cantonment rise in revolt and the British community retreats with shock into the Residency. They prepare to fight for their lives with what weapons they can muster. As food and ammunition grow short, the Residency, its defences battered by shot and shell and eroded by the rains, becomes ever more vulnerable. The Siege of Krishnapur is a modern classic of narrative excitement that also digs deep to explore some fundamental questions of civilisation and life.
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Fiction 823.914 FAS 1993 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C-1 Not For Loan 30057
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Fiction 823.914 FAS 1993 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C-2 Available 30058
Text Text EWU Library
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Fiction 823.914 FAS 1993 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C-3 Available 30059
Text Text EWU Library
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Fiction 823.914 FAS 1993 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C-4 Available 30060
Text Text EWU Library
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Fiction 823.914 FAS 1993 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C-5 Available 30061
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Originally published: London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1973.

MAN BOOKER PRIZE 1973. In the Spring of 1857, with India on the brink of a violent and bloody mutiny, Krishnapur is a remote town on the vast North Indian plain. For the British there, life is orderly and genteel. Then the sepoys at the nearest military cantonment rise in revolt and the British community retreats with shock into the Residency. They prepare to fight for their lives with what weapons they can muster. As food and ammunition grow short, the Residency, its defences battered by shot and shell and eroded by the rains, becomes ever more vulnerable. The Siege of Krishnapur is a modern classic of narrative excitement that also digs deep to explore some fundamental questions of civilisation and life.

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