Book guide
The Far Pavilions
One man’s divided identity becomes a sweeping romance of empire.
Genre and trope pairingsHistoricalForbidden romanceHistoricalHidden identityHistoricalPolitical intrigueHistoricalWar storyHistoricalCourt politicsHistoricalClass divideRomanceForbidden romanceRomanceStar-crossed loversRomanceHidden identityAdventureHidden identityAdventureExpeditionAdventureRescue mission
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About The Far Pavilions
Set in nineteenth-century India, M. M. Kaye’s epic follows an Indian-born orphan raised in England who returns to India, falls in love with an Indian princess, and is torn between cultures amid war and imperial tension.
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- Dark
- Pacing
- Balanced
Content warnings
- war
- violence
- misogyny
- religious bigotry
- racial slurs
- death
- fire injury
- sexism
- colonisation
- racism
- gun violence
- child death
