Born on the banks of the Ganges at Benares, little Manakarnika was a charged and precocious girl – destined to be etched in history as the towering queen of the revolt of 1857. A touching yet accurate portrait of this Indian Boadicea, The Ranee of Jhansi as a biography also puts the events of the ‘mutiny’ and the actual role of Lakshmibai in it, into perspective. The writer takes your on a journey through the plains and hills of central India which in 1857 ...
