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COPYRIGHT 2006 The Spectator Ltd. (UK)
THE BLACK HOLE : MONEY, MYTH AND EMPIRE by Jan Dalley Penguin/Fig Tree, [pounds sterling]16.99, pp. 222, ISBN 9780670914470
The story of the Black Hole of Calcutta was once as familiar to schoolchildren as the battle of Hastings or the Gunpowder Plot. On 20 June 1756, after a fierce battle lasting several days, in which the British defensive force of 515 men had held out against an Indian army numbering tens of thousands, 146 survivors - men, women and children - were locked into a room that measured 14 ft by 18 ft. The room had only two small, high, barred windows for air. The...
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