Zemindar

INDIA, 1850s.

Following a brief courtship, newlyweds Emily and Charles Flood embark upon an ambitious honeymoon in India. Accompanied by Emily's cousin, Laura, the trio hope to seek out Charles's enigmatic half-brother, Oliver Erskine - a hugely wealthy landowner and dedicated bachelor. Though the brothers are strangers, Charles hopes their blood ties could see him named as Oliver's heir.

Yet India balances on a knife-edge. As discontent at the Raj's rule tears through the country, the visitors become swept up in its bloody chaos.

International bestseller Zemindar is a historically rich, emotionally turbulent novel set during India's First War of Independence.

Praise for Zemindar:
'If you loved The Far Pavilions - and who didn't - this will be your dish too' Cosmopolitan
'Utterly addictive' Washington Post

About the author

Zemindar is drawn from personal experience. Valerie Fitzgerald's grandmother lived through the Indian Mutiny and when her soldier father was posted to Lucknow in WW2, she spent winters in the city and her summers on a zemindari estate.

Summary

Englishwoman Laura Hewitt accompanies her newly engaged cousin to India, first to Calcutta and then to the fabled fiefdom of Oliver Erskine, Zemindar of a private kingdom with its own army. An epic love story, set during the Indian Mutiny.

Foreword

An epic love story, in the tradition of The Far Pavilions, set during the Indian Mutiny.

Additional text

Utterly addictive... Leaves us panting for the sequel

Product details

• Authors: Valerie Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald Valerie
• Publisher: Head of Zeus
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2023
• EAN: 9781804542743
• ISBN: 978-1-80454-274-3
• No. of pages: 832
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Fiction > Narrative literature > Contemporary literature (from 1945); Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Sagas, Historical romance, FICTION / Sagas, Fiction, India, Later 19th century c 1850 to c 1899, Saga fiction (family / generational sagas)