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Informationen zum Autor John Masters was a British novelist and regular officer of the Indian Army. He wrote several novels set in India, the most famous of which, Bhowani Junction , was turned into a successful film starring Ava Gardner. He died in 1983. Klappentext Of British extraction! this historical recapitulation of the mutiny in Bengal in 1857 has a certain seriousness and substance not always common to this genre! tempers the imperialism of Victoria's England with the more enlightened outlook of its two main characters! subdues but does not omit the romantic salients. This is the story of Rodney Savage! whose unconditional trust in his natives obscured the early signs of unrest; Joanna! his wife! spoiled and self-interested; and Caroline Langford who had a sympathy for and an awareness of the troubled resentment of the people. With the outbreak of fire and guns! Joanna is bayonetted! and only Rodney! his small son! and Caroline escape to take refuge with the Rani who had once loved Rodney! but who had murdered her husband and sparked off the mutiny. Escaping a second massacre! Rodney and Caroline finally make their way back to the British and in the bloody battle that ensues! the Rani is finally defeated. "The noon of courage and the midnight of barbarism" of an incident which was prophetic of the severance to come! this is based on contemporary reports and letters but forfeits little of the danger and the drama. (Kirkus Reviews) Vorwort A magnificent novel from the author of Bhowani Junction Zusammenfassung First published in 1951, The Nightrunners of Bengal is one of John Masters' series of seven novels which followed several generations of the Savage family serving in the British Army in India.Nightrunners of Bengal focuses on the Indian Rebellion of 1857. The central character, Captain Rodney Savage, is an officer in a Bengal Native Infantry regiment, based in the fictional city of Bhowani. When rebellion breaks out, the British community in Bengal is shattered. Savage's empathy for the Indians is shaken, as the British try to discover who is loyal to them and who is not.One of the great novels of India, Nightrunners of Bengal combines John Master's mastery of story-telling with an intuitive sense of history. This was the first novel that Masters wrote in the series, though not the first novel chronologically, and alongside Bhowani Junction is one of his best-known works....
