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Silk and Steel: A Novel
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Stephen Alter
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Amid the opulence and brutality of nineteenth-century India, colourful bandits fight for survival.
James Webley?a brave but erratic English commander?has joined forces with the romantic Colonel Augustine, son of an
Englishwoman and a noble Indian. Together they have rejected the rigours of mercenary service to pursue a lawless career of
pillage.
It is Augustine?s hope to find a way of maintaining their cornered brigand army against the British forces that seek to destroy it. He devises a subtle and devious plan to regenerate Webley?s flagging spirits, employing the fascinating Khasturba. As his scheme goes into operation, the drama heightens towards its gripping and disastrous climax.
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Amid the opulence and brutality of nineteenth-century India, colourful bandits fight for survival.
James Webley?a brave but erratic English commander?has joined forces with the romantic Colonel Augustine, son of an
Englishwoman and a noble Indian. Together they have rejected the rigours of mercenary service to pursue a lawless career of
pillage.
It is Augustine?s hope to find a way of maintaining their cornered brigand army against the British forces that seek to destroy it. He devises a subtle and devious plan to regenerate Webley?s flagging spirits, employing the fascinating Khasturba. As his scheme goes into operation, the drama heightens towards its gripping and disastrous climax.
About Author
Stephen Alter is the author of more than twenty books of fiction and non-fiction. Wild Himalaya: A Natural History of the Greatest Mountain Range on Earth, a work of non-fiction, received the 2020 Banff Mountain Book Award in the Mountain Environment and Natural History category. His memoir, Becoming a Mountain: Himalayan Journeys in Search of the Sacred and the Sublime, received the Kekoo Naoroji Award for Himalayan Literature. In the Jungles of the Night: A Novel about Jim Corbett, was shortlisted for the DSC South Asian Literature Award. His latest work includes Death in Shambles and Birdwatching: A Novel. Alter has taught at the American University in Cairo, Egypt, where he was director of the writing program for seven years.
Following this, he was writer-in-residence at MIT for ten years. Among the honours he has received are fellowships from the
Guggenheim Foundation, the Fulbright Program, the East West Centre in Hawaii, and the Banff Centre for Mountain Culture. He is also the founding director of the Mussoorie Mountain Festival.
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