"Flinders investigates the charismatic soldier’s sexuality and religious views" India Today "…balanced and meticulously researched…a welcome addition to our understanding of Britain’s imperial history." Military History Magazine In September 1857, a member of a religious sect killed himself on hearing the news that the object of his devout observance, Nikal Seyn, had died. Nikal Seyn was, in fact, John Nicholson, the leader of the British assault that recovered Delhi at the turning-point of the Indian Rebellion of 1857. What was it about Nicholson that prompted such devotion, not...