The Black Hole of Calcutta
Everyone has heard of the Black Hole of Calcutta, but Noel Barber brings the story of that Gehenna vividly to life as it has not been presented for a century. In 1756 came a seige by 50,000 Indians of Fort William, the British East India Company's stronghold. The ensuing events constitute one of the…
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