From the author of The House by the Divina, the second part of a colourful life, Fraser recounts the early years of married life in India and provides a fascinating view of the ten years leading up to Indian Independence.
This is my second reading of this amp I enjoyed it just as much as the first time, A wonderful view of the last days of the Raj amp the beginning of independence amp a great record of the life of a Scottish family.
This book transported you to India during WWII and the trials and tribulations of expats in a changing world, A great read if you like all things Raj, The author is a cousin of my wife's and I very much enjoyed the family aspect, An easy read on a long forgotten age, Eugenie Fraser was born in Archangel to a Russian father and a Scottish mother, After the family fled to Scotland, she was brought up in Broughty Ferry and later spent most of her life in India with her husband.
She died in Edinburgh in, .