Cult of a dark hero Nicholson of Delhi Nicholson of Delhi Flinders, Stuart creator author. Tully, Mark writer of foreword. EBSCOhost text bibliography biography Electronic books. enk 2018 monographic eng remote 1 online resource ( xix, 231 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps, portraits. Cover; About the Author; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Maps; Foreword by Sir Mark Tully; Acknowledgements; Introduction: 'Hero of Delhi' or 'Great imperial psychopath'?; Chapter 1: 'Trying to hit the Devil'; Chapter 2: 'A bloodthirsty and treacherous Race'; Chapter 3: 'I dislike India and its inhabitants'; Chapter 4: 'A fearless, self-reliant, fierce and masterful man'; Chapter 5: 'A skirmish in the hills'; Chapter 6: 'What corner of the Punjab is not witness to your gallantry?' Chapter 7: 'There is not one in the hills who does not shiver in his pyjamas when he hears his name mentioned'Chapter 8: 'The evil spirit within me'; Chapter 9: 'A good Mahomedan of the kind told of in old books'; Chapter 10: 'The word is said and death surely follows'; Chapter 11: 'I have been hanging your cooks'; Chapter 12: 'Not a bad sliver, that!'; Chapter 13: 'When an Empire is at stake, women and children cease to be of any consideration whatever'; Chapter 14: 'I wish I had the power of knighting you on the spot'; Chapter 15: 'Woe to the bloody city!' Chapter 16: 'Is Nicholson any better?'Chapter 17: 'His loss is a national misfortune'; Chapter 18: 'The mother of heroes'; Chapter 19: 'I'm a little baffled about why they are valourising Nicholson now'; Notes; Bibliography; Index Stuart Flinders ; foreword by Sir Mark Tully. Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-226) and index. a-ii--- Nicholson, John 1821-1857 East India Company. Army Biography Nicholson, John 1821-1857 East India Company. Army India History British occupation, 1765-1947 Biography Inde Histoire 1765-1947 (Occupation britannique) Biographies BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Historical HISTORY Asia India & South Asia India British Occupation of India (India : 1765-1947) fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vBb9M98XDjcqb4jjwDy 1765-1947 fast DS475.2.N5 F55 2018 954.03/092 Cult of a dark hero Flinders, Stuart. London : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, 2018 (OCoLC)1014157984 9781838608323 183860832X 9781838608330 1838608338 9781350985988 1350985988 1788312368 9781788312363 9781838608323 codeMantra http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=2150310 N$T 190605 20260605150104.2 in00005784510 eng