Linda S. (GoneToTheDogs) reviewed on + 625 more book reviews
A magnificient love story unfolds against a backdrop of exotic splendor and stirring deeds as young Englishwoman Laura Hewitt journeys to the East -- and to teh fabled fiefdom of the Zemindar, Guardian of the Earth. He is Oliver Erskin, herditary ruler of his private kingdom, commander of his own native army - and brother of the man she loves. Subject of Britain's Queen, but also a son of India, he walks the tightrope between treason to the Crown and betrayak if his own beloved land. Challenging Laura to discover "the real India" he guides her through a world both beautiful and dangerous, lit with splendor and torn with despair.
