Rumer Godden

Rumer Godden's classic coming of age story about a boy who longs to dance ballet will delight young readers.

Una and her younger sister Hal have been abruptly summoned to live in New Delhi by their diplomat father Sir Edward Gwithiam. From the first meeting with their new tutor and companion, the beautiful Eurasian Alix Lamont, Una senses a hidden motive to their presence. But through the pain of the months to come, the poetry and logic of India do not leave Una untouched. And it begins with the feather, a promise of something genuine and precious . . . In The Peacock Spring Rumer Godden evokes the magic of an India she knows so well – and all the bitter sweetness of loyalty and love.

From the New York Times bestselling author, Rumer Godden's, comes a coming-of-age story set in post-colonial East Bengal is a vivid and haunting classic.

BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR 'One of our best and most captivating novelists' PHILIP HENSHER '[Godden] writes with grace and a cheerfully lilting prose' KIRKUS REVIEWS 'Her craftsmanship is always sure' NEW YORK TIMES A revered effigy of the God, Shiva, is missing from the Patna Hall Hotel on south India's exquisite Coromandel coast. Was it stolen, and to whom does it belong? Young lawyer Michael Dean, sent from London to argue the case for the defence, falls under the spell of Artemis, a graceful archaeologist who is staying at the hotel; but she proves as elusive as the mystery of the theft he is working on. Her final novel, Cromartie vs The God Shiva is a magical, evocative exploration of art, love, class and greed set in Godden's beloved southern India.

Rumer Godden's classic novel China Court, first published in the 1960s, is a compelling story of a century of love, ambition and endurance.

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A gripping novel about convent life from master storyteller Rumer Godden.

The basis for PowellPressburger's Academy Award-winning 1947 film, Rumer Godden's much-admired classic novel tells the story of a sisterhood of nuns on a mission in Himalayan India.

In a heartwarming holiday story, three wishes come true in the most unexpected way for Ivy, an orphan who wishes for a real home, the Joneses, who wish for a child, and a doll named Holly who wishes for a child to bring her to life.

The activities, sorrows, and joys of a family of dolls living in an old doll house are related from the dolls' point of view