The Afghan Knife, Volume II., by Robert Armitage Sterndale
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December 2019
Originally published 1879
Fiction, The Afghan Knife trilogy
Author: Robert Armitage Sterndale
ePublished by
December 2019
Originally published 1879
Fiction, The Afghan Knife trilogy
Author: Robert Armitage Sterndale
The Afghan Knife is an epic-length three-volume tour de force, a fascinating novel of romance, war, and the clash of cultures, which paints for the reader the differing viewpoints and motivations of the various residents of 19th-century British Colonial India during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, written with personal knowledge and experience of the situation by a man who participated in the warfare as an employee of the East India Company and volunteer officer during the rebellion.
Historical fiction at its best.
Volume I. Introduction of characters—Paul Stanford and Syed Hyder Ali both meet Grace Lufton in Florence—conspirators foment rebellion in India.
Volume II. The Haji’s sickness—siege of the Lufton house—Grace and Fazilla kidnapped—Abdul and Paul meet and team up.
Volume III. Grace and Fazilla rescued—Paul meets Hyder Ali again—the Haji arrested for murder—Hyder Ali’s deathbed declaration of love for Grace.
Historical fiction at its best.
Volume I. Introduction of characters—Paul Stanford and Syed Hyder Ali both meet Grace Lufton in Florence—conspirators foment rebellion in India.
Volume II. The Haji’s sickness—siege of the Lufton house—Grace and Fazilla kidnapped—Abdul and Paul meet and team up.
Volume III. Grace and Fazilla rescued—Paul meets Hyder Ali again—the Haji arrested for murder—Hyder Ali’s deathbed declaration of love for Grace.