![]() ![]() From the parties of the wealthy Bombay socialites to the poverty of the orphans on Tamarind Street, East of the Sun is everything a historical novel should be: alive with glorious detail, fascinating characters and masterful storytelling. Three potential Memsahibs with a myriad of reasons for leaving England, but the cargo of hopes and secrets they carry has done little to prepare them for what lies ahead. And overshadowing all three of them, the malevolent presence of Guy Glover, a strange and disturbed schoolboy. Victoria, the bridesmaid, is determined to lose her virginity on the journey before finding a husband of her own in India. Julia Gregson Published by Touchstone Books (2010) ISBN 10: 1439101132 ISBN 13: 9781439101131 New Paperback Quantity: 1 Seller: Grand Eagle Retail (Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.) Rating Seller Rating: Book Description Paperback. Rose, a beautiful, dangerously naive English girl, is about to be married to the cavalry officer she has met only a handful of times. Her advert in The Lady has resulted in three unsettling charges to be escorted to India. In Cabin D38, Viva Hollowat, an inexperienced chaperone, is worried shes made a terrible mistake. From award winner Julia Gregson, author of Jasmine Nights, this sweeping international bestseller brilliantly captures the lives of three young women on their way to a new life in India during the 1920s.As the Kaisar-I-Hind weighs anchor for Bombay in the autumn of 1928, its passengers ponder their fate in a distant land. ![]() In Cabin D38, Viva Hollowat, an inexperienced chaperone, is worried shes made a terrible mistake. ![]()
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