· Set during the great Indian Sepoy Mutiny of , Shadow of the Moon follows the life of Winter, Condesa de Ballesteros who is the daughter of a Spanish nobleman and an English mother. Leaving India for England an orphan at the age of six, she is raised by her great-grandfather the Earl of Ware, but a match is made for her at the tender age of eleven to a man twenty years her senior, and . · Work Description. M. M. Kaye, author of The Far Pavilions, sweeps her readers back to the vast, glittering, sunbaked continent of India. Shadow of the Moon is the story of Winter de Ballesteros, a beautiful English heiress who has come to India to be married. It is also the tale of Captain Alex Randall, her escort and protector, who knows that Winter's husband to be has become a debauched Cited by: 7. Kaye wrote her first historical novel Shadow of the Moon which was published in , and her second book in the same category Trade Wind was published in and was inspired by the authors visit in India. Widowed in , Kaye lived together with her sister in a room of her daughter’s house in Estimated Reading Time: 6 mins.
Shadow of the Moon by M.M. Kaye. "Winter! Who ever heard of such a name?". Set during the great Indian Sepoy Mutiny of , Shadow of the Moon follows the life of Winter, Condesa de Ballesteros who is the daughter of a Spanish nobleman and an English mother. Leaving India for England an orphan at the age of six, she is raised by her great. Shadow of the Moon by Kaye, M. M. and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at www.doorway.ru - Shadow of the Moon by Kaye, M M, First Edition - AbeBooks Skip to main content. M. M. Kaye, author of The Far Pavilions, sweeps her readers back to the vast, glittering, sunbaked continent of India. Shadow of the Moon is the story of Winter de Ballesteros, a beautiful English heiress who has come to India to be married. It is also the tale of Captain Alex Randall, her escort and protector, who knows that Winter's husband to be has become a debauched wreck of a man.
Shadow of the Moon Quotes Showing of 4. “Common sense will nearly always stand you in better stead than a slavish adherence to the conventions.”. ― M.M. Kaye, Shadow of the Moon. tags: advice, common-sense, m-m-kaye, wisdom. likes. MM Kaye is an engrossing story teller with an eye for easy and vivid descriptions. She wrote two epic tales of India, The Far Pavillions and this one, Shadow of the Moon. Both are stories of characters torn between countries and cultures - searching for identity, but Shadow of the Moon is by far the more traditionally romantic of two. Kaye wrote her first historical novel Shadow of the Moon which was published in , and her second book in the same category Trade Wind was published in and was inspired by the authors visit in India. Widowed in , Kaye lived together with her sister in a room of her daughter’s house in
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