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The India Fan is historical fiction and drama is as only Victoria Holt can deliver. The main character Drusilla Delaney, the victor's daughter is also chosen to share much of the life of Lavinia and Fabian, the children of Framling Manor. Drusilla accompanies the flighty and conceited Lavinia from the nursery school to boarding school and eventually to a finishing school in France. All along the way, she is watching over and making right the many mistakes of Lavinia. She will eventually follow L
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Probably 2 1/2 stars. There is plenty to keep the reader's interest and the author really does write well. But frankly, after reading The Far Pavilions by M.M. Kaye this book could never get 3+ stars from me.
Firstly, The Far Pavilions covers a similar time period with MUCH better historical context and with a much more even hand culturally. It's a massive novel, which gives it a stronger advantage in character development, but I think Kaye just does a better job with that as well. If you hold a ...more
Firstly, The Far Pavilions covers a similar time period with MUCH better historical context and with a much more even hand culturally. It's a massive novel, which gives it a stronger advantage in character development, but I think Kaye just does a better job with that as well. If you hold a ...more
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