William Henry Sleeman

1788–1856

William Henry Sleeman was an East India Company officer and administrator closely associated with the nineteenth-century campaign against thuggee.

Sleeman organised intelligence gathering, prosecutions and administrative measures that became central to the British suppression and official representation of thuggee in India.

Series

Historical novels and book series featuring William Henry Sleeman (1 series)

Blake and Avery in Order

by M. J. Carter 3 books 4.1(3,140)

M. J. Carter’s Blake and Avery mysteries follow two mismatched investigators through the first years of Queen Victoria’s reign. William Avery is a conventional East India Company officer whose confidence in British institutions is repeatedly challenged, while Jeremiah Blake is a former Company political agent skilled in languages,…