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"As the Kaisar-l-Hind weighs anchor for Bombay in the autumn of
1928, its passengers ponder their fate in a distant land. They
are part of the "Fishing Fleet"-legions of Englishwomen who sail
to India each year in search of husbandsm heedless of the life
that awaits them. Theinexperienced chaperone, Viva Holloway has
been entrusted to watch over three unsettling charges. There's
Rose, as beautiful as she is naive, who plans to marray a cavalry
officer she has met a ...more
"As the Kaisar-l-Hind weighs anchor for Bombay in the autumn of
1928, its passengers ponder their fate in a distant land. They
are part of the "Fishing Fleet"-legions of Englishwomen who sail
to India each year in search of husbandsm heedless of the life
that awaits them. Theinexperienced chaperone, Viva Holloway has
been entrusted to watch over three unsettling charges. There's
Rose, as beautiful as she is naive, who plans to marray a cavalry
officer she has met a ...more
Absorbing and satisfying historical read, exotic setting (1920's India), well written, likeable characters.
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