Author: Cuthell,Edith E.
Title: IN THE MUTINY DAYS scenes in a child's life founded on fact.
Description: London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge 1888 decorative head- and tail-pieces. . 153x120mm red pictorial cloth [spine sunned/tips worn/lower plain cover marked incl.damp] 64pp +4p catalogue of books. Neat prize imscription dated 1889 to pastedown. A neat tight copy. *Story of a military family caught up in the Indian Rebellion of 1857, then known as the Indian Mutiny. Their retainers and some of the sepoys stay faithful and smuggle them to the country, one child is taken to live with the bearer's family but finally all are reunited safely. Edith E. Cuthell was born in 1853 at Sandy Place, Sandy, Bedfordshire, the daughter of John N. Foster, J.P. She married Lt. Col. Thomas George Cuthell of the 38th Foot and later the 13th Hussars. She spent a number of years in India before settling in Surrey, and many of her works feature britsh India as a setting.

Keywords: Moral story set during the Indian Rebellion/British Colonialism


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