The Far Pavilions

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by M.M. Kaye

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.

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If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer: let him step to the music that he hears.

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If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer: let him step to the music that he hears.

— M.M. Kaye, The Far Pavilions