Download or read book Of Mists and Monsoons written by Adele Smith and published by Partridge Publishing Singapore. This book was released on 2014-11-05 with total page 763 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of Mists and Monsoons traces the life and fortunes of the principal character from the mists of Ireland to the monsoons of India. Born the eldest child of an Irish Catholic family of subsistent potato farmers, Sean O'Hara was in his teens when Ireland was overwhelmed by the Great Famine in 1845. His family struggled to survive two successive years of potato blight but succumbed one by one, leaving Sean the sole survivor.The only way out offered was the chance to join a unit of the British Army stationed in Dublin, and with them, he was transported to India. He changed his name, which was customary for Irish recruits, and arrived in India as Joseph Harrington. Years on, Joe was overwhelmed again; this time by the Indian Sepoy Mutiny of 1857. In the meantime, this remarkable young man overcame every challenge he was set. He married an Irish girl he found in a convent and, with her, raised a family of four. The story is loosely based on the author's own family history as her great grandfather was indeed born in Ireland, joined the British Army, and went to India. He stayed there for the rest of his life and founded a family that remained there until Partition in 1946 drove them to England and Uganda. Anecdotes from the author's childhood told by her mother are woven ito the story wherever possible. It is worthy of note that Joseph Harrington prophecied to his close friend Rajah Saeed Khan that though the Indians were defeated in their Mutiny of 1857, they would finally rise and throw off the British overlords. He was proved right in 1947.
Download or read book Monsoon Mists written by Christina Courtenay and published by Choc Lit Limited. This book was released on 2014-07-03 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A man seeking his destiny in India discovers a woman who may hold it in her hands—and her frozen heart—in this “well-crafted historical romance” (Historical Novels Review). It’s 1759—and Jamie Kinross has travelled far and wide to escape his troubled past, eventually settling in the chaotic streets of Madras, India, where he starts life anew as a gem trader. When his mentor’s family is kidnapped, Jamie vows to save them, embarking on a dangerous mission to the city of Surat—where he encounters Zarmina Miller. She is rich, beautiful, and so cold and prideful that she is known as the “Ice Widow.” Jamie is instantly tempted by the challenge she presents. And when Jamie discovers that Zarmina has a connection to those involved in the kidnapping, he begins to see another side to her—a dark past to rival his own and a heart just waiting to be thawed . . .
Download or read book Mists and Monsoons written by Julia Curtis and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Monsoon written by Wilbur Smith and published by Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.. This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 813 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BOOK 10 IN THE EPIC HISTORICAL SAGA OF THE COURTNEY FAMILY, FROM INTERNATIONAL SENSATION WILBUR SMITH 'Smith will take you on an exciting, taut and thrilling journey you will never forget' - Sun 'With Wilbur Smith the action is never further than the turn of a page' - Independent 'No one does adventure quite like Smith' - Daily Mirror THEY LEAVE AS BROTHERS. THEY RETURN AS MEN. The East India Trading Company is under attack from pirates. Under orders from the King himself, famed sailor Hal Courtney makes the dangerous journey to Madagascar with his young sons, charged with stopping the pirates responsible or to die trying. In this epic swashbuckling adventure of love and treasure, the brothers will face duels, chases, betrayals and battles - and see their fates cast in ways they could never have imagined . . . A Courtney Series adventure - Book Two in the Birds of Prey trilogy. Monsoon is the tenth novel in the Courtney family saga from Wilbur Smith, introducing beloved characters and setting the stage for generations to come. Book 11 in the Courtney family series, Blue Horizon, is available now.
Download or read book What the Monsoon Knows written by Ian Browne and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2024-03-28 with total page 603 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Monsoon shakes and shudders within many a varied landscape... Come and find yourself along the back lanes of the world’s most intense cities. Visit the tribal longhouses of the headhunter tribes of Borneo; be enchanted by the steaming hot jungle ruins of Asia. Ponder the lives of the women of India and Myanmar as ‘change’ stalks the landscape. Meander along the soothing waters of the Mekong in Laos, dodge Yala’s leopards and elephants. Be invited to the curiosity of Bollywood on Langkawi. Travel south of the equator to meet Mari the Lithuanian jungle vegan and other alternative folk of the Byron Bay region of New South Wales. Become tantalized by the colourful multicultural market lifestyle of tropical Darwin, while being feathered by the intimacy of Australia’s beautiful first nations people. Art, music, food; vulnerable societies clinging to hard-fought cultural sanctity. The laughter - the sadness - the bruises and stomach bugs - lavished with a profound respect for the folk and fauna of such stunning locations, this expedition into exotica will see you arrive home with a sense of belonging to this multifaceted world. Ian Browne will challenge your senses, your empathy, whether you are the battle-hardened traveler, or those that desire familiar comforts in a hotel by the sea, discover why this creative story teller’s love of this planet has seen him being invited to Buckingham Palace, and a request to engage in project work within sustainability for the UN. “What the Monsoon Knows” Well, come along on the journey & discover this for yourself...
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Download or read book Monsoon Summer written by Julia Gregson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-08-29 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oxfordshire, 1947. Kit Smallwood, hiding a painful secret and exhausted from nursing soldiers during the Second World War, escapes to Wickam Farm where her friend is setting up a charity sending midwives to the Moonstone Home in South India. Then Kit meets Anto, an Indian doctor finishing his medical training at Oxford. But Kit's light skinned mother is in fact Anglo-Indian with secrets of her own, and Anto is everything she does not want for her daughter. Despite the threat of estrangement, Kit is excited for the future, hungry for adventure, and deeply in love. She and Anto secretly marry and set off for South India where Kit plans to run the maternity hospital she's helped from afar. But Kit's life in India does not turn out as she imagined. Anto's large, traditional family wanted him to marry an Indian bride and find it hard to accept Kit. Their relationship under immense strain, Kit's job is also fraught with tension as they both face a newly independent India, where riots have left millions dead and there is deep-rooted suspicion of the English. In a rapidly changing world, Kit's naivete is to land her in a frightening and dangerous situation.
Download or read book Monsoon and Other Stories written by Arinn Dembo and published by Kthonia Press. This book was released on 2012-04 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of short stories, essays and poetry spans twenty years of the multi-genre Canadian author's early career in science fiction, fantasy, and queer activism.
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Download or read book Sailing Directions for the Bay of Bengal written by United States. Defense Mapping Agency. Hydrographic Center and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book DK Eyewitness Books Weather written by Brian Cosgrove and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-06-25 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From hurricanes to droughts - be an eyewitness to Mother Nature's work with DK Eyewitness Books: Weather. Discover everything from why deserts are dry to what makes raindrops grow and how to put together your own weather forecast in Eyewitness: Weather.
Download or read book Indian Meteorological Memoirs written by India. Meteorological Department and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 788 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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