Call of Empire: From the Highlands to Hindostan 9780773552067
A treasure trove of original correspondence reveals the experiences of four generations of a Scottish family in the serv
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English Pages [493] Year 2017
Table of contents :
Cover
Copyright
Contents
Preface
Maps, Illustrations, and Family Trees
1 Culloden’s Children
2 No Great Mischief
3 Eastward Ho!
4 Baillie-ki-Paltan
5 Brothers in Arms
6 Affairs of the Heart
7 A Council of Incompetents
8 Command at Pondicherry
9 Disaster
10 Imprisonment and Death at Seringapatam
11 Homeward Bound
12 Brain Fever in Baghdad
13 Estrangement
14 John of Leys and the Acquisition of Bundelcund
15 Margaret and the Anglo-Indian Elmores
16 The Resident at Lucknow
17 Dismissal
18 Retribution
19 Dissolution
Epilogue
Colonial and Current Place Names
Cast of Supporting Characters
Glossary of Anglo-Indian and Scottish Terms
Notes
Bibliography
Index
