The Siege of Krishnapur is a companion to Troubles, about the Easter 1916 rebellion in Ireland, and The Singapore Grip, which takes place just before World War II, as the sun begins to set upon the British Empire. Together these three novels offer an unequaled picture of the follies of empire. The Siege Of Krishnapur: Winner of the Booker Prize 1973 and over 2 million other books are available for Amazon Kindle. For the British there, life is orderly and genteel. Together these three novels offer an unequaled picture of the follies of empire.

Then the sepoys at the nearest military cantonment rise in revolt and the British … Then the sepoys at the nearest military cantonment rise in revolt and the British community retreats with shock into the Residency. On the surface this book begins like a Jane Austen novel of comic morality, with young gentleman and ladies circling each other in the usual fashion. The Siege of Krishnapur is a deceptively fine novel, set in an outpost of India 'administered' by the British East India Company at the time of the Indian Mutiny of 1857.

The Siege Of Krishnapur: Winner of the Booker Prize 1973 and over 8 million other books are available for Amazon Kindle. The Siege of Krishnapur is a modern classic of narrative excitement that also digs deep to explore some fundamental questions of civilisation and life. On the surface this book begins like a Jane Austen novel of comic morality, with young gentleman and ladies circling each other in the usual fashion. In the Spring of 1857, with India on the brink of a violent and bloody mutiny, Krishnapur is a remote town on the vast North Indian plain. The Siege of Krishnapur is a deceptively fine novel, set in an outpost of India 'administered' by the British East India Company at the time of the Indian Mutiny of 1857. For the British there, life is orderly and genteel. The Siege of Krishnapur is a companion to Troubles, about the Easter 1916 rebellion in Ireland, and The Singapore Grip, which takes place just before World War II, as the sun begins to set upon the British Empire. In the Spring of 1857, with India on the brink of a violent and bloody mutiny, Krishnapur is a remote town on the vast North Indian plain.