The India Fan: 0 (Casablanca Classics) - Softcover

Holt, Victoria

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1402277431 ISBN 13: 9781402277436

Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca, 2013

Synopsis

One of the most well-known names in gothic romantic suspense, international bestseller Victoria Holt has sold over 100 million books From Victorian England to then-colony India, India Fan centers on Druscilla Delaney, a parson s daughter, in thrall to the wealthy Framling family. Druscilla becomes the reluctant friend to the arrogant Framling daughter, Lucia, who constantly requires rescuing from her own rash decisions. Druscilla also has a romantic interest in the Framling son, Fabian, but she mistrust his intentions and avoids him. Druscilla follows the Framlings to a British outpost in India to avoid a marriage of convenience. There, her feelings for Fabian are finally acknowledged. Shortly after arriving however, the Sepoy Rebellion breaks out. Duscilla finds herself trapped in New Delhi after the rebel takeover, and only Fabian can save her.

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Review:

Readers will savor this sweeping coming-of-age tale that spans two continents, from Holt (The Time of Hunter s Moon), one of the pen-names used by the late Eleanor Hibbert (1906 1993). Drusilla Delany has always lived in the shadow of the Framling House, her life always intertwined with the wealthy family, whether being kidnapped for two weeks by son Fabian as a baby, or forced into a friendship with spoiled daughter Lavinia. After a childhood prank, Drusilla comes into possession of a family heirloom, a beautiful, bejeweled peacock fan that supposedly carries a curse that could cause her to lose everything she loves. Drusilla eventually leaves home to attend finishing school in France. Then she becomes a governess in India; though her life is marked by intrigue, danger, romance, and loss, she stubbornly refuses to believe the fan or its curse are behind any of it. Lush and exotic, this is a luxuriously told story of a girl s adventures into adulthood. At times, references are too casual, flippant, or modern for the time period, and the stock characters too predictable. But the story is well served by rich, sensual details and engrossing storylines. (Mar.) --Victoria Holt in Publishers Weekly 18.01.2013

About the Author:

Eleanor Alice Burford Hibbert, better known to readers as VICTORIA HOLT, Philippa Carr, and Jean Plaidy, is one of the world's most beloved and enduring authors. Her career spanned five decades and she continued to write historical fiction and romantic suspense until her death in 1993. She has sold more than 100 million books and has twenty-one international bestsellers.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1402277431
• ISBN 13: 9781402277436
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416