num_pages: 458
description: Autumn 1928. The Kaiser-i-Hind is en route to Bombay. In Cabin D38 Viva Hollowat an inexperienced chaperone is worried she's made a terrible mistake. Her advert in The Lady has resulted in three unsettling charges to be escorted to India.Rose a beautiful dangerously naive English girl is about to be married to the cavalry officer she has met only a handful of times.Victoria the bridesmaid is determined to lose her virginity on the journey before finding a husband of her own in India. And overshadowing all three of them the malevolent presence of Guy Glover a strange and disturbed schoolboy.Three potential Memsahibs with a myriad of reasons for leaving England but the cargo of hopes and secrets they carry has done little to prepare them for what lies ahead.From the parties of the wealthy Bombay socialites to the poverty of the orphans on Tamarind Street East of the Sun is everything a historical novel should be: alive with glorious detail fascinating characters and masterful storytelling.
language: English
title: East of the Sun
publisher: Orion