A Beggar at the Gate (Mariana Givens)

A Beggar at the Gate (Mariana Givens)

Set in nineteenth-century British India, Thalassa Aliâ€™s dazzling debut, A Singular Hostage, introduced us to Mariana Givens, the Englishwoman who risked everything to save a young Indian orphan from certain death. Now Ali returns to that exotic kingdom beyond the northwestern frontier, where Mariana will come face-to-face with a different destiny.

Two years have passed since Mariana left the walled city of Lahore. But sheâ€™s unable to forget its haunting scent of roses or her ill-fated marriage to a native-born husband that has scandalized Calcutta society and made her an outcast among the English. Worse still, she bears the knowledge that she will be forced to give up Saboorâ€”the boy believed to be endowed with magical gifts whose life she risked her own to save.

Now Mariana must revisit Lahore to return Saboor to his family and request a divorce from Hassan Ali Khan. But how can she say good-bye to the enigmatic man whose love defied two culturesâ€”or the child sheâ€™s loved as her own? As political and civil strife threaten to erupt in violence, she seeks answers in a world no Englishwoman has ever seen. And sheâ€™s driven ever closer to a secret so powerful that it will change her lifeâ€”and the lives of those she lovesâ€”forever.

From the Trade Paperback edition.
Country USA
Brand Bantam
Manufacturer Bantam
Binding Mass Market Paperback
ItemPartNumber Illustrated
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2008-07-29
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780553584172

Country	USA
Brand	Bantam
Manufacturer	Bantam
Binding	Mass Market Paperback
ItemPartNumber	Illustrated
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2008-07-29
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780553584172

A Beggar at the Gate (Mariana Givens)

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