Physical description

Hard cover book, The Steam House Part 2 Tigers and Traitors.
Author: Jules Verne
Publisher: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, London
Date: 1881.
Light blue hardcover with the title on the spine having lettering to spine in black hand written text pen.

Publication type

fiction

Inscriptions & markings

Flyleaf has full publication details.
Label on spine cover with typed text PAT 843 VER
Front loose end paper has sticker from Warrnambool Public Library covered by a sticker from Corangamite Regional Library Service
Front loose end paper has a stamp from Corangamite Regional Library Service

Summary

“The Steam House” part two “Tigers and Traitors” is where the story continues with the Indian adventure from part one and brings the story of Colonel Munro and Nana Sahib to its climax. The same group of people continue their journey through northern India in the steam powered elephant that pulls two houses.
The central conflict is Colonel Munro’s continued hunt for Nana Sahib, the rebel leader responsible for atrocities at Cawnpore during the 1857 Sepoy Rebellion, and for Munro’s wife, who was reported killed there. As they travel deeper into India, the party encounters various challenges including, tigers traitors and conspirators linked to Nana Sahib’s network. The landscape still seething with discontent after the Mutiny as the story builds to the confrontation with Nana Sahib and the resolution of Munro’s quest for revenge. The second part is also published under the alternative title “The End of Nana Sahib”, indicating that Nana Sahib’s fate is finally revealed.