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A glittering adventure set in India at the height of the British Raj. The New York Times compared this book to Kipling's Kim and called it "a gorgeous entertainment." Of this early work, published when he was in his early twenties, Patrick O'Brian writes in a foreword: "In the writing of... read more

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IN THE Public Works Department of the Government of India there are a great number of elephants.

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  1. Patrick O'Brian (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2000
ISBN: 0393049191
Page Count: 288

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