Scottish Literary Connections to India and Nepal
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The Age Of Kali: Indian Travels & Encounters William Dalrymple
Featured in the pages of The Age of Kali are flashy Bombay drinks parties and violent village blood feuds as well as a group of vegetarian terrorists intent on destroying India's first Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet.
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The Bubblegum Tree Alexander McCall Smith
Billy, Nicola and Mr Gopal are off to India. But this is no holiday - they must solve the mystery of the missing bubblegum-tree sap, because without it, Gopal's Best Pink Bubblegum won't work - and this is no laughing matter.
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City Of Djinns William Dalrymple
Alive with the mayhem of the present and sparkling with William Dalrymple's irrepressible wit, City of Djinns is a fascinating portrait of a city.
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The Cobra King Of Kathmandu Philip Kerr
John and Philippa travel to Nepal and India on the trail of a lost talisman and mysterious assassins who murder by snakebite. Their race to unravel some venomous clues turns into a desperate rescue mission when their djinn-uncle is captured by the Cult of Nine Cobras.
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Everest: The Man And The Mountain J. R. Smith
Mount Everest is named after the little known surveyor George Everest, who dedicated his life to surveying India during the first half of the 19th century. This book provides a fascinating insight into the life of a remarkable man.
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India: Glimpses Of Past Country Life Charles M. Copland
Charles Copland offers an account of the Christian Mission sent from Scotland to Chanda, India in 1870. He describes how missionaries, forced to live in simple conditions, came to reside in Chanda and gradually become accepted.
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India: The Elephant's Blessing Aline Dobbie
'India - the elephant's blessing' follows Aline Dobbie's two long journeys through Southern India in 2005 and 2006. She attempts to show India at every level, from the poverty-stricken to the grasping rich, from the quiet beauty of the wildlife parks to the humbling grace of ancient temples.
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Kingdoms Of Experience: Everest, The Unclimbed Ridge Andrew Greig
In March 1985, Mal Duff led a new expedition to conquer Everest by the unclimbed north-east ridge. The last attempt had ended in failure and two deaths. Here, Greig describes the assault on the peak and the complex relationships among the team of nineteen very different personalities.
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The Last Mughal: The Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar And The Fall Of Delhi, 1857 William Dalrymple
The last of the Great Mughals was Bahadur Shah Zafar II. This book charts the desecration and demise of this man, his dynasty, his city and civilizations mercilessly ravished by fractured forces and vengeful British troops. It provides an understanding of a pivotal moment in Indian and Imperial history.
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News From Tartary: A Journey From Peking To Kashmir Peter Fleming
News from Tartary is the story of a 3500 mile trip across China from Peking, through the mysterious province of Sinkiang, to India. It is one of the most difficult trips that could have been made in the 1930s, or even today.
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The Silk Princess Katie Chase
When Rosie finds a silk picture frame decorated with a little princess sitting on an elephant, she is whisked away on another adventure, this time in India. But she can't find the little princess. She meets Suvita, who tells her that she lives with her uncle because her mother & father are dead & that she's definitely not a princess.
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A Step In The Dark Judith Lennox
Married at 18 to the dashing Jack, beautiful Elizabeth Ravenhart is devastated when their dazzling party of a marriage is cut tragically short. 20 years later, a knock on her door sets in motion a chain of events that no one could have foreseen.
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The Vanishing Act Of Esme Lennox Maggie O'Farrell
Set between the 1930s and the present, Maggie O'Farrell's novel is the story of Esme, a woman edited out of her family's history, and of the secrets that come to light when, 60 years later, she is released from care, and a young woman, Iris, discovers the great aunt she never knew she had.
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White Mughals: Love And Betrayal In Eighteenth-Century India William Dalrymple
From the early 16th century to the eve of the Indian Mutiny, the 'white Mughals' who wore local dress and adopted Indian ways were a source of embarrassment to successive colonial administrations. This book uncovers a world unexplored by history, and places at its centre a tale of betrayal.