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|publisher=Virago Modern Classics
|date=April 2014
|summary=Published as children's fiction but it will be loved by everyone from 9 to 109. Brilliant characters, great location, though-provoking and a page-turning story. And don't even get me started on the horse...
|cover=Godden_Dark
A lot of people turn to Jane Austen in times of stress - my go-to author has always been Rumer Godden and I'd like to thank the publishers for an entirely unexpected treat.
The story of Dark Invader is based on a true story. For another horse story which is only lightly fictionalised have a look at [[The King's Jockey by Lesley Gray]]. Set some twenty years later than the story of Dark Invader [[Mrs D'Silva's Detective Instincts and the Shaitan of Calcutta by Glen Peters]] gives a great insight into Calcutta. Older readers might like [[The Convent by Panos Karnezis]].
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