M. M. Kaye Livres

Elevé comme un Hindou, depuis sa plus tendre enfance, Ash est bouleversé d'apprendre qu'il n'est pas indien, mais citoyen britannique et, comme tel, on l'envoie en Grande Bretagne recevoir une éducation digne de son rang. Mais Ash ne s'habitue pas à la vie de l'Angleterre victorienne. Il ne peut oublier ce fabuleux pays où il a vécu ses dix premières années, le palais du rajah de Gulkote adossé aux contreforts de l'Himalaya, ses amis Zarin, Koda Dad, et Juli, la petite princesse triste... Quand il retourne enfin, comme officier, dans sa véritable patrie et qu'on le charge d'accompagner le cortège nuptial des sœurs du maharajah de Karidkote jusque dans le Rajputana, il est loin de s'imaginer que cette mission va décider de toute sa vie.

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 and English man - Ashton Pelham-Martyn - brought up as a Hindu and his passionate, but dangerous love for an Indian princess. It's a story of divided loyalties, of tender camaraderie, of greedy imperialism 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 immediacy and meticulous historical accuracy, plus her insight into the human heart.

Crustacea, Prince Amy's cross Fairy Godmother, gave her goddaughter a curious christening present. 'You shall be ordinary!' she cried. But Her Serene and Royal Amethyst Alexandra Augusta Araminta Adelaide Aurelia Anne grew up to have the most extraordinary adventures . . .

Tells the story of Winter de Ballesteros, a beautiful English heiress who has come to India to be married; and of Captain Alex Randall, her escort and protector, who knows that Winter's husband to be has become a debauched wreck of a man.

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 and English man - Ashton Pelham-Martyn - brought up as a Hindu and his passionate, but dangerous love for an Indian princess. It's a story of divided loyalties, of tender camaraderie, of greedy imperialism 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 immediacy and meticulous historical accuracy, plus her insight into the human heart.

Miranda Brand is visiting Germany for what is supposed to be a month's vacation. But from the moment that Brigadier Brindley relates the story about a fortune in lost diamonds--a story in which Miranda herself figures in an unusual way--the vacation atmosphere becomes transformed into something more ominous. And when murder strikes on the night train to Berlin, Miranda finds herself unwillingly involved in a complex chain of events that will soon throw her own life into peril. Set against a background of war-scarred Berlin in the early 1950s, Death in Berlin is a consummate mystery from one of the finest storytellers of our time.

When Sarah Parrish journeys to Gulmarg, a vacation ski resort in the mountains above the valley of Kashmir, she finds herself involved in danger, intrigue, and multiple murder

Twenty-year-old Amanda Derrington is on an extended cruise with her uncle when she decides to make a short trip to the sun-washed island of Cyprus. But even before the ship arrives in the port, there is a suspicious death. Once the passengers reach the island, it soon becomes clear that the death was in fact an act of murder. What Amanda had meant to be a pleasant excursion quickly takes a turn for the worse in M. M. Kaye's Death in Cyprus , a classic novel of suspense and romance by one of our most celebrated writers.

Set against the backdrop of the alluring Indian Ocean islands, the story follows Copper Randal as she uncovers the unsettling truths hidden beneath the surface of paradise. Alongside her friend Valerie, the stepdaughter of the Islands' Chief Commissioner, they experience a chilling turn of events during a hurricane-struck picnic, leading to a gripping and unexpected climax. The narrative explores themes of innocence shattered by danger and the contrast between beauty and menace in a tropical setting.