A re-read for me. After almost three decades, it turns out I forgot almost all the details of the plot, other than the setting at the time of the Indian Sepoy Uprising in 1857. It is also apparent that the first time around I was more interested in the adventure elements of the story (opulent tig...
In 1879 Lieutenant Robin Savage is serving in the second Anglo-Afghan war as Britain and the Russian Empire engage in the Great Game that will decide AfghanistanOCOs future. Unjustly accused of cowardice Lieutenant Savage joins the Secret Service to prove his loyalty and he must unravel the myste...
John Masters came to the United States following a military career with a Ghurka regiment on India's Northwest frontier and as a serving officer (ultimately brigadier) with Orde Wingate's Chindits in Burma. (See "Bugles and a Tiger" and "The Road Past Mandalay.")The third installment tells how he...
Magnificent novel of Empire and its aftermath First published in 1954 in the wake of the partition of India, John Masters' great novel Bhowani Junction has increased in stature over the years. Standing between E.M. Forster's A Passage to India and the widely acclaimed works of such writers as Pa...
‘You saw Virginia,’ she asked listlessly. ‘How was she?’ ‘Great,’ Guy said. ‘They let me take her out in work hours. She’s loving it all, Mummy.’ ‘I suppose their officers, or supervisors, or whatever they call them, at least, are ladies?’ ‘I believe so, but Virginia doesn’t want to become one, t...
He washed from head to foot in the stream, standing knee deep in the black rush of water. Afterwards, as the light spread and mist wraiths crept out from the river, he walked through the jungle to the clearing. A heavy dew weighted the stems of grass and pearled the red sandstone robes of the ido...
The batsman came a step out of his crease and killed it neatly. He tapped the ball back up the net. Richardson, at Krishna’s side, growled, ‘Keep a length, now, that’s all--just keep a length.’Krishna stepped off his run. That last ball had been about three inches over length. If he had been at t...
Chapter Four She rose to her feet and stretched out her hand. Jason took it, and she squeezed his fingers and let go. She said, ‘I can see that it’s an open road.’Jason said, ‘Gee up!’ and beat the little donkey on the rump with the flat of his hand. They set off again after their rest, walking s...