It is a passionate, triumphant story that excites us, fills us with joy, moves us to tears, satisfies us deeply, and helps us remember just what it is we want most from a novel. The Far Pavilions is itself a Himalayan achievement, a book we hate to see come to an end. Kaye's masterwork is a vast, rich, and vibrant tapestry of love and war that ranks with the greatest panoramic sagas of modern fiction. From its beginning in the foothills of the towering Himalayas, M. Were Miss Kaye to produce no other book, The Far Pavilions might stand as a lasting accomplishment in a single work comparable to Margaret Mitchell's achievement in Gone With the Wind. Here are some of the newspaper reviews of the The Far Pavilions following its publication in 1978. Kaye brings her exceptional gifts of storytelling and meticulous historical accuracy, plus her insight into the human heart. To the burning plains and snow-capped mountains of this great, humming continent, M.M. It is the story of divided loyalties, of friendship that endures till death, of high adventure and of the clash between East and West. It is the story of his passionate, but dangerous, love for Juli, an Indian princess. The Far Pavilions is the story of an Englishman - Ashton Pelham-Martyn - brought up as a Hindu.
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