The Devil's Wind.

London.: Hutchinson& Co., Publishers Ltd., (1956).. 'The story of the Naval Brigade at Lucknow from the letters of Edmund Hope Verney and other papers concerning the enterprise of the ship's company of H. M. S Shannon in the campaign in India 1857-58'. The author recounts the story of 'The Devils Wind' as the Indian Mutiny was known colloquially, as seen through the letters of his great uncle Edmund, who served aboard H.M.S. Shannon which fought in the uprising. An elegant copy in very good condition.. 21 cm. 176 pp. b/w portrait as frontispiece. b/w. drawings, engravings, photographs and reproductions of battle scenes and landscapes as plates. Fold out b/w drawn maps. Gilt lettered sapine and gilt motif on front board