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Cult of a dark hero : Nicholson of Delhi
- Title
- Cult of a dark hero : Nicholson of Delhi / Stuart Flinders ; foreword by Sir Mark Tully.
- Author
- Flinders, Stuart
- Publication
- London : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, 2018.
- ©2018
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- Description
- xix, 231 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits; 24 cm
- Summary
- "In September 1857, a member of a religious sect killed himself on hearing the news that the object of his devout observance, Nikal Seyn, had died. Nikal Seyn was, in fact, John Nicholson, the leader of the British assault that recovered Delhi at the turning-point of the Indian Rebellion of 1857. What was it about Nicholson that prompted such devotion, not just from his religious followers, but from the general public? And why is he no longer considered a hero? The man called 'The Lion of the Punjab' by his contemporaries and compared to Wolfe of Quebec and even to Napoleon has in recent times been dubbed 'an imperial psychopath' and 'a homosexual bully'. Yet his was a remarkable tale of a life of adventure lived on the very edge of the British Empire; of a man who was as courageous as he was ruthless, as loyal to his friends as he was merciless to those who crossed him. But it is also the story of how our own attitudes to race and Empire have changed in the years since he died. The book considers his sexuality and ambivalent attitude towards religion. It traces his murderous thoughts towards the Chief Commissioner of the Punjab, John Lawrence, and reveals that, remarkably, the Nikal Seyni cult continued into the 21st century."--
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Biography.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-226) and index.
- Call Number
- JFE 18-7643
- ISBN
- 1788312368
- 9781788312363
- OCLC
- 1014157984
- Author
- Flinders, Stuart, author.
- Title
- Cult of a dark hero : Nicholson of Delhi / Stuart Flinders ; foreword by Sir Mark Tully.
- Publisher
- London : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, 2018.
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Type of Content
- textstill imagecartographic image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-226) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1765-1947
- Research Call Number
- JFE 18-7643