A novel set in India during the Raj. The Nawab of Awadh employs an English barber, who becomes his confidant. Craving wealth and power, the barber replaces the Nawab's favourite wife with a choice of his own, and thus it was that a beautiful young Englishwoman became the consort of an Indian ruler.
- ISBN10 0224033093
- ISBN13 9780224033091
- Publish Date 14 May 1992
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 10 August 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Vintage Publishing
- Imprint Jonathan Cape Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 215
- Language English