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A Singular Hostage

A Singular Hostage

Thalassa Ali

Written by an author who was married to a Pakistani, became a Sufi Muslim, and lived and worked in Pakistan for over a decade, this is a highly literate and hugely absorbing historical novel in the tradition of M M Kaye's THE FAR PAVILIONS, and has been praised by her as 'eminently readable'
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Sent to India to find a husband, Mariana Givens is facing the prospect of returning to Sussex ignominiously single. But the vastness of India has been a revelation. And before she leaves, Mariana is to accompany the Governor-General's party on their journey upcountry to meet with the Punjab's ageing Maharajah. Little does she know it, but Marianna is being pulled into the fate of a child whose existence she isn't yet aware of. For 18-month-old Saboor is being held hostage by the capricious Maharajah, who views him as a talisman against encroaching decrepitude. But the Maharajah has no concept of a child's needs and, with his mother poisoned, Saboor is dying from neglect. According to Saboor's grandfather, the visionary Shaikh Waliullah, only the young woman from Sussex can save him.

Product Description

Title - A Singular Hostage

Edition -

Author - Thalassa Ali

ISBN 13 - 9780747267720

Imprint - Headline Review

Publisher - Headline Publishing Group

Date Published - 07/10/2002

Prize -

No. of pages - 480

Binding Type - Paperback

Dimensions - 128 x 30 x 195mm

Weight - 344 g

Languages - English