The strangler vine
"India, 1837. William Avery is a young soldier with few prospects except rotting away in campaigns in India; Jeremiah Blake is a secret political agent gone native, a genius at languages and disguises, disenchanted with the whole ethos of British rule, but who cannot resist the challenge of an unres...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
G.P. Putnam's Sons,
2015.
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| Edition: | First U.S. edition. |
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| Summary: | "India, 1837. William Avery is a young soldier with few prospects except rotting away in campaigns in India; Jeremiah Blake is a secret political agent gone native, a genius at languages and disguises, disenchanted with the whole ethos of British rule, but who cannot resist the challenge of an unresolved mystery. What starts as a wild goose chase for this unlikely pair--trying to track down a missing writer who lifts the lid on Calcutta society--becomes very much more sinister as Blake and Avery get sucked into the mysterious Thuggee cult and its even more ominous suppression"--Dust jacket flap. |
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| Item Description: | "A novel"--Jacket. Originally published: United Kingdom : Fig Tree, 2014. Maps on lining papers. |
| Physical Description: | xiii, 369 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780399171673 (hbk.) 0399171673 (hbk.) |
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