Rumours and Rebels: A New History of the Indian Uprising of 1857 - Paperback

by Kim A. Wagner (Author)

The Indian Uprising of 1857 had a profound impact on the British experience on the subcontinent and fears of its recurrence continued to haunt the colonisers. This book explores the existence of conspiracies during early 1857 and presents a detailed narrative of the panics and rumours which moved Indians to take up arms.

Author Biography

Kim A. Wagner is Senior Lecturer in British Imperial History at Queen Mary University of London. He was originally taught by the late Prof. C. A. Bayly at Cambridge and has published extensively on the subject of «Thuggee», intelligence-gathering and colonial violence in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century British India. His most recent publications include ««Treading Upon Fires» The «Mutiny»-Motif and Colonial Anxieties in British India», Past & Present (2013) and ««Calculated to Strike Terror» The Amritsar Massacre and the Spectacle of Colonial Violence», Past & Present (2016).