The Red Year: A Story of the Indian Mutiny by Louis Tracy

Read now or download (free!)

Choose how to read this book Url Size
Read online (web) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36478.html.images 536 kB
EPUB3 (E-readers incl. Send-to-Kindle) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36478.epub3.images 314 kB
EPUB (older E-readers) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36478.epub.images 318 kB
EPUB (no images, older E-readers) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36478.epub.noimages 283 kB
Kindle https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36478.kf8.images 475 kB
older Kindles https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36478.kindle.images 433 kB
Plain Text UTF-8 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36478.txt.utf-8 484 kB
Download HTML (zip) https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/36478/pg36478-h.zip 286 kB
There may be more files related to this item.

About this eBook

Author Tracy, Louis, 1863-1928
LoC No. 08000979
Title The Red Year: A Story of the Indian Mutiny
Note Reading ease score: 69.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Credits Produced by D Alexander and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was
produced from images generously made available by The
Internet Archive)
Summary "The Red Year: A Story of the Indian Mutiny" by Louis Tracy is a historical novel written in the early 20th century. Set against the backdrop of the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the narrative explores the tensions and conflicts that arise between British colonial forces and Indian sepoys. The story introduces key characters such as Frank Malcolm, a British officer, and Winifred Mayne, the niece of a Commissioner, whose fates become intertwined amidst the chaos of the uprising. At the start of the novel, the discontent brewing among the sepoys is sparked by an altercation between a Brahmin sepoy and a Lascar over caste issues related to the British military's use of cartridges. As unrest escalates, Frank Malcolm is introduced, focused on his military duties while developing feelings for Winifred Mayne. The early chapters set the stage for impending violence, with the sepoy rebellion igniting as Malcolm rides through a Meerut ignited by chaos. The atmosphere is charged with drama and a sense of urgency, as the seeds of the Mutiny unfold alongside personal struggles and tensions, foreshadowing the violent conflicts to come. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Language English
LoC Class PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject India -- History -- Sepoy Rebellion, 1857-1858 -- Fiction
Category Text
EBook-No. 36478
Release Date
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
Downloads 340 downloads in the last 30 days.
Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free!