The Queen of Jhansi by Mahasweta Devi, Mandira Sengupta, Sagaree Sengupta

344 pages first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction history emotional informative slow-paced
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Lakshmibai, the Queen of Jhansi, a legendary Indian heroine, led her troops against the British in the uprising of 1857, which is now widely described as the first Indian War of Independence. The image of the young warrior queen who died on the ba...

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