The Siege of Delhi

Title Page
Table of Contents
List of Maps
Chronology
Prologue: The New Musket
Preface
Introduction
Part 1: A Hundred Years of Twilight
1 The Shadow of God
2 A State of Permanent Penury
3 The Succession
4 ‘The English peace’
Part 2: The Forewarnings
5 Changing Times
6 Rumours of a Persian Invasion
7 ‘The right arm, the hands and feet of the British government’
8 ‘A mine ready for explosion’
Part 3: The Mutiny
9 Mutiny at Meerut
10 Paralysis
11 Arrival at Delhi
12 ‘We are not seeking loot but life’
13 The Magazine
14 The Flight
15 Empire ex Nihilo
16 Reign of Terror
17 Puppet Emperor
18 Divine Cull of the Unbelievers
Part 4: The Empire of Four Months and Four Days
19 The Response
20 The Battles of Hindun River
21 The Battle of Badli-ki-Serai
22 The Possibilities of a Coup de Main
23 Fighting in the Sabzi Mandi
24 The Imperative of Law and Order
25 The Arrival of Bakht Khan
26 The Heat and Flies of July
27 Wilson’s Doubts
28 War of Attrition
29 ‘… no money whatever remains in the Treasury’
30 A Shortage of Gunpowder
31 The Battle of Najafgarh
32 Overtures from the King
33 The Demons of Destruction
34 The Plan of Attack
Part 5: The Fall of Delhi
35 The Assault
36 The Capture
37 The Sack of Delhi
38 The Promise of Life
39 Return from Humayun’s Tomb
40 ‘This possessor of mere nominal royalty’
41 Raze the City
Appendices
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
About the Book
About the Author
Copyright