The Far Pavilions

Oct 11, 2024 6:22 AM

Author:M M Kaye

The Far Pavilions

One of the BBC's '100 Novels that Shaped the World'

The Far Pavilions is the story of an English man - Ashton Pelham-Martyn - brought up as a Hindu. It is the story of his passionate, but dangerous love for Juli, an Indian princess. It is the story of divided loyalties, of friendship that endures till death, of high adventure 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 exceptional gifts of storytelling and meticulous historical accuracy, plus her insight into the human heart.

'Magnificent' Evening Standard

'A long, romantic adventure story of the highest calibre ... wildly exciting' Daily Telegraph

Reviews

Rip-roaring, heart-tugging, flag-flying, hair-raising, hoof-beating ... the very presence of India

—— The Times

A long, romantic adventure story of the highest calibre ... wildly exciting

—— Daily Telegraph

Magnificent is the only possible description for The Far Pavilions ... not one of its 950 pages is a page too much

—— Evening Standard

A massive, meticulously researched and fascinating saga about the British in India, encompassing a guarter of a century, from the Mutiny up to war with ferocious Afghan tribemen

—— Sunday Express

A Gone With the Wind of the North-West frontier

—— Jan Morris , The Times

Full of mystery, suspense, chilling legends, shifting mists, sombre bell peals and shadowy rowing boats, Fiona Mountain's novel is hard to put down and a fascinating read

—— Westmorland Gazette

Disgracefully enjoyable... beguiling, deftly-written, high class hocus-pocus

—— Daily Mail

It's Snow White with sex, and lots of it... the whole thing is just the ticket for when you're romance-free

—— Red Magazine

An absorbing, rollicking story, throbbing with sex and effortlessly controlled by the increasingly assured Kate Saunders

—— Good Housekeeping

This ripping yarn of mystery, murder and the machinating arms tycoon Baron Krapaud of Toad Hall is both irresistibly exciting and sumptuously designed.

—— Telegraph

Grandville is a favourite of ours.

—— Bleeding Cool

A multi-layered book that is both wildly witty and deeply wise.

—— David Robinson , Scotsman

A tender, witty and poignant look back at a lifelong obsession with fitness.

—— Paula Hawkins , Observer

An astonishing graphic novel/memoir whose precise drawings capture Bechdel's life-long hunt for transcendence through physical exertion.

—— Simon Kuper and Murad Ahmed , Financial Times, *Books of the Year*

The biggest event of the year was the return of Alison Bechdel... Bechdel's previous books have made her one of the superstars of graphic fiction, and this funny, perceptive and merciless account shows that...her talent remains undimmed.

—— James Smart , Guardian, *Books of the Year*

The Secret to Superhuman Strength... demands to be reread immediately... and does the reader far more good than a Peloton class and a cup of turmeric tea.

—— Rachel Cooke , Observer, *Books of the Year*

A joyful book, a feast of colour, wit and ideas about living in ever-changing times

—— Max Liu , iNews, *Books of the Year*

The brilliant cartoonist traces her own history of (sometimes obsessive) exercise in this stunning graphic memoir.

—— Bill Hayes , Reader's Digest

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