East of Suez
Stories of Love, Betrayal and Haunting from the Raj
A woman's ghost comes calling for her devoted husband; an amulet hastily given to a British officer saves him from a man-eating tiger; a happily married young woman finds herself reminiscing about someone lost for ever; an ayah sings lullabies to her imaginary charge; and an obnoxious self-made man loses his family in a flash. Written and set in late-nineteenth-century India, the stories in 'East of Suez'-domestic dramas, shikar stories, hauntings and grand love affairs-chronicle the lives and after-lives of the sahibs and memsahibs of the Raj. Sharply observed and timeless in its evocation of an age long past, 'East of…
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- ISBN: 978-93-85755-15-6
- EAN: 9789385755156
- Produktnummer: 30050564
- Verlag: Speaking Tiger Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
- Seitenangabe: 210 S.
- Masse: H19.8 cm x B12.9 cm x D1.1 cm 229 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 229
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'Alice Perrin' was born in India in 1867. After her education in England, she married Charles Perrin, an engineer in the India Public Works Department, in 1886, and the couple returned to India for the next sixteen years. Most of her works are based on her experiences in India. 'Star of India' was published in 1919. Her other notable works include 'East of Suez' (1901), 'The Spell of the Jungle' (1902) and 'The Woman in the Bazaar' (1914). Alice Perrin died in Switzerland in 1934.
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