The Tiger and the Flame

Manu is a very young girl when she is picked by the Rajguru to be a leader. Married at the age of nine to the much older ruler of Jhansi, Gangadhar Rao, she is made Queen. Under the tutelage of the Rajguru, Manu is schooled in fencing and physical combat and the art of military tactics. All this is to prepares her to lead her people against the oppression of the British Empire and specifically the much hated East India Co.