1857-1858: The British Empire in India is teetering on the brink of collapse in the face of widespread rebellion by native regiments. In the final phase of the Great Indian Mutiny an intrepid young woman rises to lead the Mutinying Sepoys: Lakshmibai, The Rani of Jhansi. In India she is still venerated today as leader in the fight for national independence. To the British she was a treacherous villain, even one hundred years after her death still unquestioningly ...
