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Lot No. 45: Russell, William Howard

My Diary in India in the Year 1858-9

  • Medium: Printed Book
  • Year: 1860
  • Size: 7.9 x 5 inches
  • Place: London

Winning Bid : ₹ 35,640

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 30,000 -  50,000


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360-600

Ends at Jan 11, 2024 07:44 PM IST

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Russell, William Howard

My Diary in India in the Year 1858-9

Size: 20.3 x 12.7 cm (7.9 x 5 inches)

Special Correspondent of The Times.
With tinted lithographic plates by Swedish artist Egron Lundgren and a folding Plan of the Operations Against Lucknow 1858.
Two volume set

Published by: Routledge, Warne & Routledge
Vol 1 – pp. xv, 408 + 4 tinted lithographs, including frontispiece + folding plan
Vol 2 – pp. xi, 420 + 6 tinted lithographs.

William Howard Russell (1820–1907) was a journalist and the first celebrity war correspondent. Beginning in 1854, he spent two years covering the Crimean War for the London Times, and though not a great prose stylist, his reports were vivid, dramatic, interesting, and convincing and his fame rose like a meteor (ODNB). His reports had a great impact on the British public and politicians. They contributed to the sending of Florence Nightingale and her nurses and of many comforts to the troops, and to the authorities' improving supplies and conditions. They also, by arousing public, especially middle-class, indignation, contributed to the demand for military and administrative reform (ODNB). In December 1857 Russell was sent to India to cover the rebellion, and though much of the mutiny had passed, this highly experienced journalist participated in the final retaking of Lucknow with Commander-in-Chief Sir Colin Campbell and the follow-up campaign in Oudh. Russell's entries reflect a sharply critical evaluation of the depth of British violence in suppressing the mutiny and the subsequently high levels of racial feelings Russell's view ranges over not only the obvious campaigning, but also touches on the agricultural richness of Oudh, the torturous extremes of Indian weather, and his personal observations of native life. Russell's views of British involvement are slightly cynical for the times in his belief that the Indian was better off under native rule and that the future of British involvement in India was bleak at best.

Recently rebound in full black cloth. 
Provenance : Collection of a Gentleman
Good Condition
Nickname Amount(Rs) Type Date & Time(IST)
1 anon0200 29700.00 Regular 11-01-2024 02:01:57 PM IST
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