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Arthur Littlewood (Edited by ) : Indian Mutiny and Beyond: The Letters of Robert Shebbeare VC

UK: Pen & Sword Military, 2007

Hardback, first edition, as new condition, in an as new unclipped (£19.99) dust-jacket, publisher's original black clothboards with gilt blocking to spine, 144 pages including index, b/w photo illustrations, b/w map--------The extraordinary saga - told from his diaries and letters - of a 17-year-old cadet caught up in the Indian Mutiny who won the VC in the storming of Delhi. Robert Shebbeare later raised a new regiment, the 15th Punjab and fought with it in China before tragically dying at sea on his first visit home in 16 years.=======Robert Shebbeare was caught up in the extraordinary and bloody saga of the Indian Mutiny as a greenhorn cadet aged just 17. With fellow officers he managed to escape to Delhi, and was in the thick of the action during the long hot summer of 1857. He was wounded six times and was awarded the Victoria Cross for his gallantry during the storming of the city on September 14th. He helped raise a new regiment, the 15th Punjab, which volunteered for service in China and took part in the advance on Peking in 1860. Tragically, he died en route for England, his family, who had not seen him since he had left 16 years earlier, were waiting at the quayside to welcome him, unaware that he had been buried at sea. His story is told in his own words from the recently discovered letters which he sent home to his family between 1844-1860. Editor Arthur Littlewoood's commentary puts the letters into context for the general reader and military historians alike.

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