M.M. Kaye was an Indian-born British writer and illustrator. Her work, which includes the sweeping epic novel The Far Pavilions (1978) and Shadow of the Moon (1957), is profoundly influenced by her love of India, where she spent most of her life. She also wrote children’s books and detective novels, as well as an autobiography.
M. M. Kaye
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Shimla, India
Birthplace of M. M. Kaye
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William Dalrymple
On the Birth of the Raj
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Amir Shere Ali Khan
History of the Raj
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William Dalrymple
On M. M. Kaye
The Far Pavilions
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Their Majesties
At the Gala Performance of the musical The Far Pavilions
M. M. Kaye, The Far Pavilions
Penguin Edition
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Sathnam Sanghera
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William Dalrymple
On the Afghan Wars
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On Young Ash’s Story
Featured book by M. M. Kaye
The Far Pavilions
This epic, sweeping romance tells the story of Ashton Pelham-Martyn, an English man brought up as a Hindu, and his undying love for Juli, an Indian princess. Inspired by Kaye’s childhood in India, her family’s experiences of military life and her grandfather’s autobiographical writings, this novel combines historical insight and spellbinding storytelling.
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