The Devil's Wind: Nana Saheb's Story

When Dhondu Pant Nana Saheb | the adopted son of exiled Maratha Peshwa Bajirao II | is denied rights as the Peshwa's heir by the British after his father's death | he makes an appeal to reclaim his title | only to be rebuffed again. Then | as a mutiny breaks out in Kanpur in 1857 and Nana Saheb emerges as its leader | he is labelled by the British as a villainous monster | a barbarous butcher and the criminal leader of the 'Sepoy Mutiny' | which sweeps across India from 1856 to 1859. Yet | to a nation in turmoil | he becomes a hero who stands up to the colonial oppression and emerges as a forerunner to the leaders who bring freedom to the nation less than a century later. In The Devil's Wind | Nana Saheb's story-a significant | turbulent and intrigue-filled chapter in India's history-is skilfully brought to life by master storyteller Manohar Malgonkar in vivid | inventive detail.