First published in 1954 in the wake of the partition of India, John Masters’ great novel Bhowani Junction has increased in stature over the years. Standing between E.M. Forster’s A Passage to India and the acclaimed works of later writers such...
Goddess in the Flesh.
To Kendrick she was a promiscuous harlot who stood in the way of his ambitions; to Mohan she was consort, mistress, and wife; to Smith she was a pagan goddess of sex; and to her people she was queen.
Possessed by many but...
The story of the Rock of Gibraltar, told from a fictional point of view by taking various fictional characters and exploring a scene from their lives. It begins with prehistoric times and includes episodes of the Romans, the Visigoths, the Turks,...
Nightrunners of Bengal focuses on the Indian Rebellion of 1857. The central character, Captain Rodney Savage, is an officer in a Bengal Native Infantry regiment, based in the fictional city of Bhowani. When rebellion breaks out, the British...