Author: WRIGHT, DAPHNE
Title: The Distant Kingdom
Description: London, Michael Joseph. 1987, First Edition. (ISBN: 0718128168). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good unmarked copy which has usual age toning of page edges with VG dustjacket which is not price clipped. An historical novel set in Afghanistan in the 1830's, of a beautiful but terrifying kingdom. Bereft, burdened with an unhappy secret and full of self-doubt, Perdita Whitney sails for India in 1836 to live with the father she hardly remembers.She falls in love and marries the most sought after man in Simla, Lord Beaminster but within two years she and Lord Beaminster are embroiled in war in Afghanistan. A FIRST NOVEL by this English writer. C3D. Very Good/Very Good.

Keywords: 19th Century Afghanistan and India, Simla, Lord Beaminster, Perdita Whitney 0718128168


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