In 1779, a young British infantryman marches inland from Bombay with pride in his heart and faith in the might of the East India Company. The campaign promises glory—an easy victory against a foe dismissed as scattered and inferior.
But in the shadowed hills of the Western Ghats, the Maratha Confederacy is waiting.
What begins as a confident advance turns into a slow, suffocating nightmare. Supply lines vanish. Riders strike like ghosts and disappear. The army is drawn deeper into hostile ground until, at Wadgaon, the trap is sprung.
Surrounded, outmaneuvered, and cut off from water and escape, the soldiers must endure relentless attacks, crushing heat, and the creeping horror of defeat.
Told through the eyes of a common soldier, The Valley of Broken Pride is a powerful and unflinching story of war, survival, and the shattering of imperial arrogance—where courage is tested, honour is redefined, and the cost of pride is paid in blood.
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