Cressida's Bed
$19.98
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
1 August 2005
Summary
Desmond Barry’s most compelling novel to date - an enthralling adventure story set in India and Bhutan during the final days of the ‘Great Game’.
Dr Christina Devenish, Suffragist and Theosophist, is running a birth control clinic in Bombay in 1931. When the clinic is burnt down in an independence riot, her father invites her to visit him in Bhutan, where he is an advisor at the court of the Shabdrung, Bhutan’s version of the Dalai Lama.
Arriving in Calcutta, Christina joins a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099471967 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099471965 |
| Author: | Desmond Barry |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2005 |
| Weight: | 285g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 22mm |
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Critics Review
An unmissable writer
An unmissable writer * GQ *
Barry has an extraordinary talent for creating historical characters who inhabit a convincing past * Independent *
Both a history lesson about a hushed-up episode of British imperialism and a dramatic read * Daily Mail *
An epic adventure across dangerous mountains and towards the remote kingdom of Bhutan… A convincing read * Big Issue *
Passages of lyrical descriptive writing create a vivid sense of place, conjuring the light, colour, wildlife and weather of Bhutan. A rich seam of the picturesque animates the novel * Times Literary Supplement *
About The Author
Desmond Barry
Desmond Barry was born and brought up in Wales. He works in Tibet during the summer and is presently an External Fellow at Glamorgan University. He is the author of two previous novels, The Chivalry of Crime and A Bloody Good Friday.
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