The'First War of Indian Independence' or the 'Mutiny' was a turning point in the history of both India and Britain.Indians and Britons had their own prespectives on the events .A heroic struggle againts the British or the conspirancy of disloyal natives ? These novels from the 19th and early 20th centuary England capture the anger,anxiety and anguish of the crucial years,1857-1858,when the Raj trembled in the face of the advancing sepoy,as the authors sought to understand the 'uprising' and their own roles in the making of native dissent.