Adventures of A Brahmin Priest: My Travels in the 1857 Rebellion

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This translation of Marathi classic, Mazha Pravas, published in 1907, presents an eye-witness account of the 1857 Rebellion. Using 19th century idiom, it describes rituals and prayer, bizarre cross-dressing, battle and blood, and, most memorably, the fall of Jhansi.

Straddling both historiography and literature, it interprets the Rebellion as a righteous one and pins its failure to a moral point: in killing women and children the rebels violated the Hindu code of ethics and thus ensured their defeat. This first Indian account of the Uprising is sprinkled with anecdotes and descriptions of courtly relationships, fear and hysteria of palace intrigues, and above all, the valour of Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Shanta Gokhale

Shanta Gokhale was formerly Arts Editor with the Times of India, Mumbai, and is currently a freelance writer. She has to her credit a Marathi novel and several translations of Marathi plays and novels into English. she published two novels in Marathi, Rita Welinkar and Tya Varshi. Both won the Maharashtra State award for the best novel of the year. The first novel was recently adapted as a film, Rita by the her daughter Renuka Shahane. She has written numerous scripts for documentary, corprate and feature films, some of which have won national awards.

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Title
Adventures of A Brahmin Priest: My Travels in the 1857 Rebellion
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Edition
1st. ed.
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ISBN
0198098901, 9780198098904
Length
xlv+214p., 22cm.
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