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Mary Margaret Kaye (Author)
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Publication Date: 30 Oct 1997

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 an English man - Ashton Pelham-Martyn - brought up as a Hindu and his passionate, but dangerous love for 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 quite exceptional gift of storytelling and meticulous historical accuracy, plus her insight into the human heart.

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  • Paperback: 960 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin; New Ed edition (30 Oct 1997)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0140048332
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140048339
  • Product Dimensions: 12.9 x 4 x 19.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (91 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 207,832 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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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 Gone With the Wind of the North-West frontier (Jan Morris The Times )

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 )

About the Author

M. M. Kaye was born in India and spent most of her childhood and much of her early married life in that country. Her ties with India are strong: her grandfather, father, brother and husband all served the Raj, and her grandfather's first cousin, Sir John Kaye, wrote the standard accounts of the Indian Mutiny and the first Afghan War. When India achieved independence her husband joined the British Army, and for the next nineteen years she followed the drum to all sorts of exciting places she would not otherwise have seen, including Kenya, Zanzibar, Egypt, Cyprus and Berlin.

M. M. Kaye is best-known for her highly successful historical novels, including the bestselling The Far Pavilions, Shadow of the Moon and Trade Wind, all published by Penguin, and for her detective novels, which include Death in Berlin, Death in Kenya and Death in Cyprus (also published by Penguin in one volume entitled Murder Abroad), and Death in Zanzibar, Death in Kashmir and Death in the Andamans, also collected together in one volume. Penguin also publish the first volume of her autobiography, The Sun in the Morning. The second volume, Golden Afternoon, was published by Viking. M. M. Kaye has also written a children's story, The Ordinary Princess (1991).

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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars I can't believe I waited 25+ years to read this again! 30 Jan 2007
By Misfit TOP 1000 REVIEWER
Format:Paperback
Oh well, the first copy I had I loaned out and never got back. I would give this 10 stars if I could, I had forgotten how good this book was. Thank you Amazon, for recommending books and Listmania -- so many wonderful books I would never have found or rediscovered without you! A truly wonderful story of star-crossed lovers, treachery, intrigue, heroism, honor and bigotry. The author has a great feel and understanding of India under the British Raj. The story of Ash and Juli (Anjuli) was incredible. I could literally feel Ash's pain while he had to sit through watching Juli be married to the evil Maharajah.

The first 2/3 of the book deal with Ash and Julie's early lives together, culminating in the rescue of Juli from being Suttee with her sister. Those pages have to be some of the most heart stopping, page turning, sit on the edge of your seat excitement that I have ever come across in a book (and I have read a few).

The last portion of the book gets away from Ash and Juli (although they are together) and slows down to tell the story of the British incursions into Afghanistan (sp?)and the resultant disaster of setting up a British mission in Kabul. Ash is still prominent as a "spy" for the guides, in the disguise of a native of the country, but while still a good read, the story takes on a different character from the first portions of the book.

I resolve never to loan this book out again so that I won't lose it, and to keep it on my "to be read again and again" shelf throughout the years. Highly recommended.

As a side note, if you are searching for a book for a younger teen to read, this is a good choice. The few scenes between Ash and Juli that were sexual in nature were left mostly to one's imagination. This author is capable of building her scenes without graphic play by play bodice ripping.

**Update** I recently discovered another of this author's books, The Shadow of the Moon. It's out of print but readily available used or at your library. Another lovely tale of India, set during the 1857 Sepoy rebellion. If you enjoyed TFP, you will probably enjoy this as well.
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A fantastic, epic adventure and a wonderful love story. 10 April 2001
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I have only just finished ready M.M. Kayes masterpiece after putting it off for quite some time due to its length (950 pages of tiny text) but I would urge other readers not to be put off but to dive straight in, preferably when you have plenty of time to devote to it as you won't want to put it down. The love story that threads the book is only a small part of the tale which covers an exciting period in the History of India and the British Raj. The story draws you along at an incredible pace yet the attention to detail and the vivid description of places and characters is amazing. It is all here: love, death, honour, betrayal, intrigue, war, and so much more. As one of the reviews on the book jacket states 'not one of its 950 pages is too many' and it still leaves you wishing the story could go on. An absolute cracker!
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful! 3 April 2006
By Ms. J. Bright
Format:Paperback
Due to the book's size and the fact that I'd never been very interested in India, I'd been putting off reading The Far Pavilions for some time(my Mum had bought it for me at a boot fair as she'd loved it). However it is now on my mental list of all time favourite books. I absolutely loved every page of it. As well as having a fabulous fabulous story/characters etc (many parts of which are based on real life) I feel I've learnt so much about a culture that had originally been a total mystery to me. A must read if ever there was one! I'd give it more stars if I could!
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