War of no pity : the Indian Mutiny and Victorian trauma / Christopher Herbert.

Contents Introduction: Jingoism, warmongering, racism -- Diabolical possession and the national conscience -- Three parables of violence -- The culture of retribution: capital punishment, Maurice Dering, Flotsam -- The mutiny in Victorian historiography -- The infernal kingdom of A tale of two cities -- Lady Audley's secret: the mutiny, the gothic, and the feminine -- Epilogue: Fiction fair and foul: novels of the mutiny.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [289]-316) and index.
LCCN 2007013326
ISBN9780691133324 (cloth : acid-free paper)
ISBN0691133328 (cloth : acid-free paper)

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