"Astolphe de Custine: Russische Schatten. Prophetische Briefe aus dem Jahre 1839 (Die Andere Bibliothek 12). Nördlinge…"

"Die Vorsichtsmaßregeln, die man in Rußland anwendet, um sogenannte Staatsgeheimnisse zu verbergen, befestigen mich me…"

"Der politische Gehorsam ist für die Russen ein Kultus, eine Religion geworden. Nur in diesem Lande, wenigstens glaube…"

"If we now take a retrospective view of the various circumstances which we have been able to elicit during our extende…"

"The 1857 Mutiny, regarded as the most spectacular event in 19th-century India, also illustrated the most spectacular …"

"When the army has slain its fill, When they bid the hangman cease; They will beckon us down from the desert hill To g…"

"[Muslim militants who] “almost universally were regarded as the fomentors of the revolt and its chief beneficiaries. …"

"It is absurd to call this a military rebellion — that it could not have occurred had the Sepoys remained faithful, is…"

"For, in any discussion of the question whether the revolt of 1857 was the first national war of independence or not, …"

"Today is the 10th of May! It was on this day that, in the ever memorable year of 1857, the first campaign of the War …"