RATTU & POORIE'S ADVENTURES IN HISTORY: 1857

'Come along then' said Lakshmi Bai and Jhalkari Bai. 'Come along and listen.'Rattu is in a bad mad mood. Her bossy older sister Poorie has taken her toys and gone off to play without her. Rattu has made ghastly faces at everyone: Roundy the cat Shanti the cook and Mama as well. But none of this makes her feel any better. She wishes she had a soldier to protect her and take her side. No sooner does she make the wish than the ground begins to shake-and suddenly there's not one but two soldiers in the room!So begin Rattu and Poorie's grand adventures in the Uprising of 1857 and their encounters with its heroes: from Rani Lakshmi bai of Jhansi and Nana Sahib of Kanpur to the last Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar.