The Tears of the Rajas: Mutiny, Money and Marriage in India 1805-1905

A #1 international bestseller, this “epic and remarkable” (Sunday Times) sweeping history of the British in India as seen through the experiences of a single Scottish family is destined to become a classic.

For a century, the Lows of Clatto—the family of the author’s grandmother—survived mutiny, siege, debt, and disease, everywhere from the heat of Madras to the Afghan snows. They lived through appalling atrocities and retaliated with some of their own. Each of their lives, remar…