A Singular Hostage |
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| Author:
| Ali, Thalassa |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7472-6979-3 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2002 |
| Publisher: | Headline Publishing Group
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| Imprint: | Headline Review |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $32.99 |
Book Description:
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Sent to India to find a husband, Mariana Givens is facing the prospect of returning to Sussex ignominiously single. But the vastness of India has been a revelation. And before she leaves, Mariana is to accompany the Governor-General's party on their journey upcountry to meet the Punjab's ageing Maharajah. Little does she know it, but Mariana is being pulled into the fate of a child whose existence she isn't yet aware of. For 18-month-old Saboor is being held hostage by the capricious...
More DescriptionSent to India to find a husband, Mariana Givens is facing the prospect of returning to Sussex ignominiously single. But the vastness of India has been a revelation. And before she leaves, Mariana is to accompany the Governor-General's party on their journey upcountry to meet the Punjab's ageing Maharajah. Little does she know it, but Mariana is being pulled into the fate of a child whose existence she isn't yet aware of. For 18-month-old Saboor is being held hostage by the capricious Maharajah, who views him as a talisman against encroaching decreptitude. But the Maharajah has no concept of a child's needs and, with his mother poisoned, Saboor is dying from neglect. According to Saboor's grandfather, the visionary Shaikh Waliullah, only the young woman from Sussex can save him.