An Unpleasant Duty single work   short story   historical fiction  
Issue Details: First known date: 1885... 1885 An Unpleasant Duty
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Tale of the Indian Mutiny, 1857. The narrator's uncle returns to England years later and tells the story of his assassination of a traitorous fakeer working as a double-agent. Contains some questioning of the bloodshed of a soldier's lfie. Based on fact. Competently written. (PB)

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    y separately published work icon The Australian Journal vol. 20 no. 237 February 1885 Z1020515 1885 periodical issue 1885 pg. 301-303
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