Nightrunners of Bengal (e-book) (used book) | John Masters | bookbook.eu

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There were strange signs and portents in Bengal. The holy man sat under his tree and uttered a dark prophecy. Peasants ran through the forests at night, carrying pieces of bread between the villages. But Captain Rodney Savage--like most of the British officers in India--could not beleive that his loyal Sepoy troops would rebel.

Then, on the night of May 10th, native soldiers rioted through the British compound, and Rodney Savage's wife was killed before his eyes. From that nightmare of fire and rape and killing, Captain Savage managed to escape, saving his son and the English girl, Caroline Langford.

But for Rodney Savage, the ordeal had just begun...

Based on the bloodiest chapter in British history, Nightrunners of Bengal is a story of magnificent adventure--the desperate odyssey of three Europeans in a land aflame with bloodlust and slaughter.