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Book Review of The Far Pavilions

The Far Pavilions
The Far Pavilions
Author: M. M. Kaye
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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This is a sweeping epic of India during the British empire-days. It is also a love, story an adventure story and a war story. It is about Ashton/Ashok a boy whose parents die in India during the mutiny and he is raised by an Indian woman. As a child, before he discovers he is English he meets Anjuli, a Princess. Ash returns to India as a British officer and encounters Anjuli again and they fall in love. War with the Afgans breaks out so there is alot of action. There is never a dull moment.