Author: W. H. SleemanPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368751131
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Languages : en
Pages : 230
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The Thugs Or Phansigars of India
Author: W. H. SleemanPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368751131
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
The Thugs Or Phansigars of India
Author: Sir William Henry SleemanPublisher:
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Category : Thugs
Languages : en
Pages : 692
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The Thugs Or Phansigars of India
Author: William Henry SleemanPublisher: Scholar's Choice
ISBN: 9781298116239
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Languages : en
Pages : 228
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The Thugs Or Phansigars of India: Comprising a History of the Rise and Progress of that Extraordinary Fraternity of Assassins; and a Description of the System which it Pursues, Etc
Author: Sir William Henry SleemanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 226
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The Thugs Or Phansigars of India
Author: Sir William Henry SleemanPublisher:
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Category : Hindi language
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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Illustrations of the History and Practices of the Thugs
Author: Edward ThorntonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criminals
Languages : en
Pages : 488
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Ramaseeana
Author: Sir William Henry SleemanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hindi language
Languages : en
Pages : 856
Book Description
Thug
Author: Mike DashPublisher: Granta
ISBN: 1847084737
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Never in recorded history has there been a group of murderers as deadly as the Thugs. For nearly two centuries, groups of these lethal criminals haunted the roads of India, slaughtering travellers whom they met along the way with such efficiency that over the years tens of thousands of men, women and children simply vanished without trace. Mike Dash, one of our best popular historians, has devoted years to combing archives in both India and Britain to discover how the Thugs lived and worked. Painstakingly researched and grippingly written, Thug tells, for the first time the full story of the Thugs' rise and fall from the cult's beginnings in the late seventeenth century to its eventual demise at the hands of British East India Company officer William Sleeman in 1840.
Twilight in a Knotted World
Author: Siddhartha SarmaPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 9386797933
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
The soil of central India hides more than the bones of long-dead giants. The East India Company is master of almost the entire subcontinent, but real power is now with the Crown. Far from the great games of the empire, Captain William Henry Sleeman is content to administer Jabalpur district and dig for remnants of petrified bones with his charming and knowledgeable wife. Until he is tasked with investigating the activities of an obscure group of criminals who are said to strangle their victims. As Sleeman uncovers the many layers of the Phansigar problem, he finds a language unlike any other, and a set of beliefs, lore and superstitions seemingly drawn from the soul of the countryside. He finds orchards of corpses, and a hierarchy of stranglers, but also ordinary men driven to murder. He hears subtle murmurs of discontentment at the changes which have come to a land believed by some to be unchanging. He finds auguries of a conflict to come. And behind it all, the legend of a mysterious, beautiful man, whose capture might be the key to understanding the Phansigars. Sleeman’s inquiries will make him confront the nature of his beloved adopted homeland and of the mighty people in Calcutta who he serves. Through the prism of caste, the consequent web of intricate social and cultural relationships, and the nature of travel in the hinterland, he will see the real face of India and come across its uncomfortable, bleak truths. But to unravel such truths is not easy…
The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu (陰險的傅滿洲博士)
Author: Sax RohmerPublisher: Hyweb Technology Co. Ltd.
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 1173
Book Description
Simple Sabotage Field Manual was authored byby The United States Office of Strategic Services and is a must for any student of strategy and sabotage.