The Far Pavilions
Author: M.M. Kaye
Desc: A magnificent romantic/historical/adventure novel set in India at the time of mutiny. The Far Pavilions is a story of 19th Century India when the thin patina of English rule held down dangerously turbulent undercurrents. It is a story about and English man - Ashton Pelham-Martyn - brought up as a Hindu and his passionate but dangerous love for an Indian princess. It's a story of divided loyalties of tender camaraderie of greedy imperialism and of the clash between east and west. To the burning plains and snow-capped mountains of this great humming continent M.M. Kaye brings her quite exceptional gift of immediacy and meticulous historical accuracy plus her insight into the human heart.