Zemindar - by Valerie Fitzgerald (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

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

Review Quotes

"If you loved The Far Pavilions - and who didn't - this will be your dish too" --Cosmopolitan

"Utterly addictive... Leaves us panting for the sequel" --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.
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.