Title: A singular hostage
Description: Stifled by Victorian England, Mariana Givens is sent to India in 1838 to find a husband, but she lands in an India in political turmoil, and becomes the guardian of Saboor, an orphan felt by a dying maharajah to have magical gifts.
Subjects: British, Fiction, Afghan Wars, History, Fiction, historical, general, Fiction, war & military, India, fiction
Places: India
People: Ranjit Singh Maharaja of the Punjab (1780-1839), George Eden Auckland Earl of (1784-1849), Frances Eden (1801-1849), Emily Eden (1797-1869)
Time periods: 19th century