Twelve Years of a Soldier's Life in India: Being Extracts from the Letters of the Late W.S.R. Hodson

by W.S.R. Hodson

This book, from the series Primary Sources: Historical Books of the World (Asia and Far East Collection), represents an important historical artifact on Asian history and culture. Its contents come from the legions of academic literature and research on the subject produced over the last several hundred years. Covered within is a discussion drawn from many areas of study and research on the subject. From analyses of the varied geography that encompasses the Asian continent to significant time periods spanning centuries, the book was made in an effort to preserve the work of previous generations.

Genres: History, India

406 pages, Paperback

First published December 19, 2009

About the author

William Stephen Raikes Hodson (1821 - 1858) was an English cavalry officer during the Indian Rising of 1857, commonly referred to as the Indian Mutiny or the Sepoy Mutiny. He was known as "Hodson of Hodson's Horse".

Reviews

[Archie Toppin]

Written by his brother to vindicate Hodson’s posthumous reputation (he was accused of fiddling the regimental accounts, murdering unarmed rebel princes and supposedly killed while looting) it gives a fascination and vivid account, through Hodson’s almost daily letters to his wife and family, of a soldiers life during the Indian mutiny and especially the recapture if Delhi and Lucknow from the rebels. Judge for yourself Hodson’s character.