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The Maratha Checkmate

by Anthony Morland Book 4 in the The Life of William Culpepper series.

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Major William Culpepper joins Arthur Wellesley’s campaign after the Peshwa’s flight from Poona draws the East India Company into the politics of the Maratha Confederacy. Attached to Wellesley’s staff, Culpepper moves through a campaign of marches, battles, monsoon conditions and siege work while continuing his personal pursuit of the hidden agent known as the Elephant Trainer. The novel brings the Indian arc of the series through the Second Anglo-Maratha War, from the restoration of the Peshwa to the fighting around Assaye and the assault on Gawilghur.

Historical Periods

Battle of Assaye1803 Siege of Gawilghur1803

Genres

War Fiction

Historical people

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington1769–1852 Baji Rao II1775–1851 Daulat Rao Scindia1779–1827 Yashwantrao Holkar1776–1811

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