A little over a year ago I wrote a review of this book and you can read it here . Then yesterday, I was sent the link to an interview that t...

Continuing our new and regular feature here at Historical Fiction.   Each Friday we will publish an historical fact based upon the dat...

The June choice for our reading group was The White Mughals by William Dalrymple. The comments from the group were split into essentially th...

Well, another week has just flown by, where does the time go? On Monday the book group I attend every month met up and discussed the last ...

Recently, I have been focusing my genealogical time on India as I work on a book about part of my family who spent time in India. Nothing sp...

Carrying on from the genealogical research that I have been doing of late and I spotted in the library The Ruling Caste by David Gilmour. ...

When the author was undertaking her research we did correspond rather briefly, but my interest regarding my ancestral links to India was out...

I have been doing some genealogical research and subsequent reading about India during the period of 1790 - 1830. I have just finished...

The year is 1878. As the first girl to be born to the Nachimandas in over sixty years, beautiful, spirited Devi is adored by her entire fa...

Summer 1928. The Kaiser-i-Hind is en route to Bombay. In Cabin D38, Viva Holloway, an inexperienced chaperone, is worried she's made a...

Set in 16th and early 17th century rule of the Mughal Empire in India, Mehrunnisa is born to a Persian courtier to the Mughal emperor, Akb...

In 1848, Olivia, a young American woman, goes to Calcutta to visit relatives. Her aunt tries to break her of her "tomboyish" w...

Summer 1928. The Kaiser-i-Hind is en route to Bombay. In Cabin D38, Viva Holloway, an inexperienced chaperone, is worried she's made ...

Taj brings to life the fantastic story of the Taj Mahal and the wealthy Mughal Empire. Wilson skilfully weaves together a dazzling story of ...

India, 1657. When Maya, a graceful, young temple dancer with a mysterious past, is sold into slavery, she enters a world of intrigue, violen...