G.B. Malleson
G.B. Malleson (1825-98) obtained a cadetship in the Bengal Infantry in 1842 and served through the Second Burmese War. His subsequent appointments were in the civil line, the last being the guardian to the young maharaja of Mysore. A prolific writer, his first work to attract attention being the famous Red Pamphlet was published from Calcutta in 1857, when the Sepoy Mutiny was at its height. Among his other books are History of the Indian Mutiny 1857-58 in 6 vols.; History of the French in India and The Decisive Battles of India. He authored the biographies of Akbar, French Governor Dupleix and the British officer Robert Clive in the Rulers of India Series.
G.B. Malleson
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