A Far Horizon
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- A lush, sweeping account of the Black Hole of Calcutta in 1756
- Rich storytelling and vividly drawn characters
Calcutta, 1756: In Indian Black Town, the beautiful, young Sati is believed to be possessed by the goddess Kali, and finds herself at the centre of a religious cult. In British White Town, Chief Magistrate Holwell and Governor Drake come together to face a common enemy, Siraj Uddaulah, the young nawab in Murshidabad. When the nawab finally descends upon Calcutta with a huge army, itās too late for those British residents who have not fled the city in time. Locked into Fort William with a large number of the Black Town population, these British prisoners spend a night of horror that would become legend of the history of the Raj.
A sweeping, fictionalised chronicle of the notorious incident of the Black Hole of Calcutta in 1756 that would later be used to justify the British empireās colonisation of India.
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"The prose sweeps forward, and (Chand) evokes the period beautifullyā¦effortlesslyā¦"
āThe Telegraph -
Born and educated in London,Ā Meira ChandĀ is of Swiss-Indian parentage. She studied art at St Martinās School of Art & Design and later taught art at an international school in Japan before turning to writing. She has a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Western Australia.
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- Description
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- About the Author
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- A lush, sweeping account of the Black Hole of Calcutta in 1756
- Rich storytelling and vividly drawn characters
Calcutta, 1756: In Indian Black Town, the beautiful, young Sati is believed to be possessed by the goddess Kali, and finds herself at the centre of a religious cult. In British White Town, Chief Magistrate Holwell and Governor Drake come together to face a common enemy, Siraj Uddaulah, the young nawab in Murshidabad. When the nawab finally descends upon Calcutta with a huge army, itās too late for those British residents who have not fled the city in time. Locked into Fort William with a large number of the Black Town population, these British prisoners spend a night of horror that would become legend of the history of the Raj.
A sweeping, fictionalised chronicle of the notorious incident of the Black Hole of Calcutta in 1756 that would later be used to justify the British empireās colonisation of India.
-
"The prose sweeps forward, and (Chand) evokes the period beautifullyā¦effortlesslyā¦"
āThe Telegraph -
Born and educated in London,Ā Meira ChandĀ is of Swiss-Indian parentage. She studied art at St Martinās School of Art & Design and later taught art at an international school in Japan before turning to writing. She has a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Western Australia.
