Product Information
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.Product Identifiers
PublisherOrion Publishing Group
ISBN-139781857994919
eBay Product ID (ePID)91524011
Product Key Features
Book TitleThe Siege of Krishnapur: Winner of the Booker Prize
Number of Pages400 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1996
TopicBooks
AuthorJ.G. Farrell
Book SeriesW&N Essentials
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height198 mm
Item Weight280 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorJ.G. Farrell