Zemindar

Description

Product ID:	9781804542743
Product Form:	Paperback / softback
Country of Manufacture:	GB
Title:	Zemindar
Authors:	Author: Valerie Fitzgerald
Page Count:	832
Subjects:	Saga fiction (family / generational sagas), Sagas
Description:	Select Guide Rating Englishwoman Laura Hewitt accompanies her newly engaged cousin to India, first to Calcutta and then to the fabled fiefdom of Oliver Erskine, Zemindar of a private kingdom with its own army. An epic love story, set during the Indian Mutiny. INDIA, 1850s. Following a brief courtship, newlyweds Emily and Charles Flood embark upon an ambitious honeymoon in India. Accompanied by Emily''s cousin, Laura, the trio hope to seek out Charles''s enigmatic half-brother, Oliver Erskine – a hugely wealthy landowner and dedicated bachelor. Though the brothers are strangers, Charles hopes their blood ties could see him named as Oliver''s heir. Yet India balances on a knife-edge. As discontent at the Raj''s rule tears through the country, the visitors become swept up in its bloody chaos. International bestseller Zemindar is a historically rich, emotionally turbulent novel set during India''s First War of Independence. *Praise for Zemindar:* ''If you loved The Far Pavilions – and who didn''t – this will be your dish too'' *Cosmopolitan* ''Utterly addictive'' *Washington Post*
Imprint Name:	Apollo
Publisher Name:	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Country of Publication:	GB
Publishing Date:	2023-05-11

Weight	566 g
Dimensions	197 × 131 × 53 mm