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