DUKE OF CORNWALL'S LIGHT INFANTRY MUSEUM. During the Siege of Lucknow, 510 women and children were trapped inside the British compound and had to duck the bullets as best they could. The siege ...

and deconstructs the 1857 siege of Lucknow in this brilliant, funny, moving novel. He rinses the British imperialists for their arrogance and stupidity, but nobody is spared his satire.

And Lucknow has the stage set for it. Saturday's afternoon game between the sides will be played on a used black-soil pitch, so those hoping to keep a tally of the sixes may want to look somewhere ...