The Black Hole of Calcutta: A Reconstruction

Barber, Noel

Verlag: Collins, 1965

Beschreibung

Hardback in red cloth boards, gilt titles on spine, light shelfwear, otherwise in Very Good condition, dustwrapper has light shelfwear, otherwise in Very Good condition. In a clear protective archival wrapper. First Edition, pp254, illustrated end papers, b&w illustrations, maps and plans of the fort. . A bare, low-ceilinged dungeon with two barred air-holes, the cell known as the Black Hole prison, in the British East India Company?s Fort William, was intended to hold at most a couple of prisoners. But on the terrible night of June 20, 1756, at the end of a four-day battle of astonishing ferocity which saw a vast Indian horde overwhelm the Fort?s defenders, 145 men and one woman were cruelly herded into the Black Hole. Only twenty-three survived the ten horriÞc hours till their release at dawn. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 012674

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Black Hole of Calcutta: A Reconstruction

Verlag: Collins

Erscheinungsdatum: 1965

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good