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Before the Rains by Dinah Jefferies (view source)
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|author=Dinah Jefferies
|reviewer=Ani Johnson
|isbn=978-0241287088
|website=http://www.dinahjefferies.com
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Eliza has tragically punctuated childhood memories of India that have feed fed her desire to return. Therefore in 1930, following the death of her husband, when the British government commission her to photograph scenes of Indian life, she jumps at the chance. What she doesn't realise is that not everyone she comes across is delighted with the idea. Living within the Sultana's opulent palace complex is definitely an attraction for her, as is Jay, an Indian price who shows Eliza the real India. However, attractions are sometimes dangerous and even deadly.
[[:Category:Dinah Jefferies|Dinah Jefferies]] may only have started writing novels later in life, but she's definitely made up for lost time in both content and quality. This is her fourth novel, following on from [[The Separation by Dinah Jefferies|The Separation]], ''The Silk Merchant's Daughter'' and, the stonking debut and acclaimed Sunday Times No. 1 ''The Tea Planter's Wife''. It's easy to see how her reputation has grown as Dinah combines strong stories seasoned with research in a way that ensures unputdownability.
(Thank you to the folk at Viking for providing us with a copy for review.)
Further Reading: If you'd like more of Dinah, please do try [[The Separation by Dinah Jefferies|The Separation]]. If you'd like to read about more experiences from the days of the British Empire, we recommend [[The Echo Chamber by Luke Williams]] and, in the world of non-fiction, [[Empire: What Ruling the World Did to the British by Jeremy Paxman]]. If you'd like to try something different with an air of 1930s India about it then it's [[Thin Air by Michelle Paver]]. You might also enjoy [[The Hidden Dance by Susan Wooldridge]].
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