The Far Pavilions

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.

"Rich in adventure, heroism, cruetly and love." --Publishers Weekly

"A high-adventure love story told without ever a dull moment in the old tratition of the great storytellers of the too distant past." --Book Review

"One of the true big ones."-- Cleveland Plain Dealer

"A great romantic adventure novel. She is a born storyteller." --Paul Scott, author of The Raj Quartet

M.M. Kaye was born and raised in India. She was seventy years old when this book was published and made her famous the world over. She lives in Sussex, England.