The Devil's Wind : A Historical Novel
Overview
"The Devil's Wind" is a historical novel set during the Indian rebellion of 1857 and delves into an exciting and gripping yarn of adventure, betrayal and political intrigue Excerpt: "In the year 1854 Mrs.Lauriston's London drawing-room was as ugly as contemporary taste could make it. This is saying much, but not too much. The June sunshine slanted in, and rested with unsparing candour upon a cabbage-coloured carpet patterned with monstrous magenta blooms of uncertain family. Gloomy oil-paintings in gorgeous, fog-dimmed frames covered the greater part of the wall space. Helen Wilmot had never been able to decide whether she thought the wall-paper uglier than the portraits, or the portraits more frightful than the wall-paper..."
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- ISBN-13: 9788027309993
- ISBN-10: 8027309999
- Publisher: E-Artnow
- Publish Date: December 2020
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.36 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.51 pounds
- Page Count: 168
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