Love Besieged A Romance of the Defence of Lucknow

by Pearce, Charles E.; Crane, Ralph

• ISBN13: 9780195658767
• ISBN10: 0195658760
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-02-13
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Postcolonial fiction in general, and Anglo-Indian (Raj) fiction in particular, are of growing interest to scholars these days. This major Raj novel, first published in 1909, is a classic example of the Mutiny genre.

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
A Note on the Text	xxii
A Chronology of Charles E. Pearce	xxiii
A Chronology of the Siege of Lucknow	xxv
Maps	xxvii
Oudh: 1857
Lucknow
British Garrison Positions in Lucknow
LOVE BESIEGED
Preface	3	(2)
Azimoolah Khan	5	(10)
Signs of the Coming Storm---The Mysterious Chupatties	15	(12)
The Storm Bursts	27	(9)
At Gun Fire	36	(14)
A Lull in the Storm	50	(7)
Nurse and Patient	57	(8)
The Green-Eyed Monster	65	(13)
In the Residency Garden	78	(10)
The Fatal Day of Chinhut	88	(9)
The First Day of the Siege	97	(12)
After Life's Fitful Fever	109	(8)
Hawke Tries His Luck	117	(10)
The First Sortie---`Bob the Nailer'	127	(8)
A Hot Attack---The Crisis of the Siege	135	(6)
The Royal Talisman of Oudh	141	(10)
Jean Atherton's Daring	151	(6)
The Craft of Mrs Ross	157	(7)
Hawke's Secret Mission	164	(9)
Kismet!	173	(10)
In the Secret Passage	183	(10)
Captain Fulton, the Real Defender of Lucknow	193	(10)
At Last	203	(8)
Retribution	211	(5)
Explanatory Notes	216