Read through page 332, which is only about a third of the way through this extremely long book, and simply didn't feel any urge to continue - I got as far as I did due to reading it on an airplane, where you kind of want shitty page-turners. It's perhaps not quite trashy, but nor did the plot or cha...
bookshelves: classic, historical-fiction, re-read, winter-20102011, published-1978, colonial-overlords, epic-proportions, subcontinent Recommended for: everyone Read from February 01 to 25, 2011, read count: 3 Epic and sweeping. Third visit to those pavilions and this time it's via BBC:http://ww...
This is a stand alone novel, but it could have been a series. It is long enough to be a series and there were at least a couple of spots, perhaps three, where the book could have been split and made into a trilogy. It is an interesting story of the British occupation of India with plenty of battles,...
A wonderful book, written by an author who obviously has a great love of the country and it's 19th century history. Another wonderfully evocative book based on the history of a young man orphaned at a young age and brought up as a native and then swept up in the "Great Game". Lots of echoes of Rud...
This book probably rates more than 2 stars but it really dragged for me - and I happen to like long epic stories! I loved the setting. The description of the people and period in India and Afghanistan was fascinating; the rambling soap opera that was Ash’s life, not so much. It just didn't hold my i...
This book probably rates more than 2 stars but it really dragged for me - and I happen to like long epic stories! I loved the setting. The description of the people and period in India and Afghanistan was fascinating; the rambling soap opera that was Ash’s life, not so much. It just didn't hold my i...
Epic and sweeping. Third visit to those pavilions and this time it's via BBC:http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00y21xf/Womans_Hour_Drama_Far_Pavilions_Episode_1/M M Kaye's epic of love and war, dramatised by Rukhsana Ahmad. Following the 1857 Mutiny, Ashton, a young English orphan, is disguised ...
I was convinced I had read this a long time ago - now I'm not so sure. Enjoyable so far.It started well and I found the beginning half very interesting but got a bit too 'romantic' for me - not only in the boy meets girl story - but in the depiction of the close-knit Guides, the 'third man' for Ash ...
After the verbose and ultimately boring pages I have thus far read, I began to wonder if this book would be a waste of time. The "epic" nature of this book appears to only be in the number of pages, which I can guarantee could have easily been cut in half. Unless you have a deep interest in Indian p...
A gorgeous, enthralling tale of two doomed lovers in the India of the British Raj. Massive read, but you're not going to want it to stop either. I've loved this tale of Ash and Anjuli, full of mystery, intrigue, and told in a way you won't forget. Five stars all around. For the longer review, please...
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