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About The Book : The Jeanne D'arc of India; Externally, an indefinite era of peace seemed to have settled upon Jhansi. Except for the periodical anxiety concerning the rains, there appeared to be no disquieting feature disturbing its outward calm. Yet for months past in that year of 1857 a token, a warning of some great impending occurrence had gone forth through the land; from whence proceeding few men knew, to what purpose the masses did not comprehend, though they watched. With indifference as to what it might portend, the Foreigners had also observed the sign. About The Author : Michael White (1866-1919), Alfred Edwin was born on November 4, 1866 in Ahmednugar, India. Son of Captain Alfred H. (British Army) and Mary Risdon (Davey) White. Educated United Service College, Westward Ho, North. Devon, England. Second Lieutenant and captain 3d Battalion, Scottish Rifles, 1884-1889. Traveled in Orient; finally settled at New York Contributor to magazines since 1999 of numerous fiction stories and articles on various topics. Michael Alfred Edwin White has been listed as a notable author by Marquis Who's Who.