A Tale of Two Revolts : India 1857 and the American Civil War

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	A Tale of Two Revolts : India 1857 and the American Civil War
		Book Details Author: Rajmohan Gandhi Year: 2009 ISBN : 9780670083558 [ Hardcover, pp. 416, b/w ills. 8 page ] [ Price: RS. 599.00, US$ 12.74 ]
	About the Book : A Tale of Two Revolts : India 1857 and the American Civil War Rajmohan Gandhi brings the drama of both wars to one stage in A Tale of Two Revolts. He deftly reconstructs events from the point of view of William Howard Russell—an Irishman who was also perhaps the world’s first war correspondent—and uncovers significant connections between the histories of the United States, Britain and India. The result is a tale of two revolts, three countries and one century. Into this fascinating story Rajmohan Gandhi weaves the choices of five extraordinary inhabitants of India—Sayyid Ahmed Khan, Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar, Jotiba Phule, Allan Octavian Hume and Bankimchandra Chatterjee—and of three towering figures of world history—Karl Marx, Leo Tolstoy and Abraham Lincoln—to show the continuities between the nineteenth century and the world we live in today.