A Diary Kept by Mrs. R. C. Germon, at Lucknow, Between the Months of May and December, 1857

A day-by-day journal kept by a woman confined in Lucknow during the siege, combining domestic detail and personal anxiety with firsthand accounts of military activity, hospital care, bombardment, and civilian casualties. Entries record preparations, the arrival and movement of troops, and the routines that sustained residents under threat, while appended materials — a preface, letters, a plan of the defenses, and casualty lists — provide additional factual context and a practical record of life during the prolonged investment.