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From its beginning in the foothills of the towering Himalayas, to the burning plains, to the besieged British Mission in Kabul., M.M. Kaye's masterwork is a vast, rich and vibrant tapestry of love and war that ranks with the greatest panoramic sagas of modern fiction. It begins in 1857 when, following the Indian Mutiny, young English orphan Ashton is disguised by his ayah Sita as her Indian son, Ashok. As he forgets his true identity, his destiny is set. This is a story of divided loyalties and fierce friendship; of true love made impossible by class and race; a critique of the imperialist adventure; and an examination of the cultural and spiritual clash between East and West.… (más)
MarthaJeanne: I think that Ash in Far Pavillions was based partly on Kim. Both books deal with the ambivalence between cultures of those who were brought up in a different culture to the one they belonged to by birth and later education. Both are also great adventure stories that take place during the British Raj in India. The big difference being that Kim only deals with childhood, but Ash has to go on to life as an adult.… (más)
El protagonista es Ashton Pelham-Martyn, hijo de unos distinguidos padres ingleses que mueren trágicamente poco después de nacer él. El joven recibirá una educación hindú en el Estado de Gulkote, al pie de una cadena de montañas consideradas sagradas, los Pabellones Lejanos. Durante este período, marcado por conflictos coloniales y guerras regionales, Ashton también conocerá el amor.
Pabellones lejanos es la historia de un inglés, Ashton Pelmam-Marthyn, que creció en un ambiente hindú. Es la historia de su apasionado y peligroso amor por Juli, una princesa india. Es una historia de lealtades en conflicto, de amistades que persisten hasta la muerte, de grandes aventuras y del intemporal choque entre Oriente y Occidente. Pabellones lejanos es la historia de un inglés, Ashton Pelmam-Marthyn, que creció en un ambiente hindú. Es la historia de su apasionado y peligroso amor por Juli, una princesa india. Es una historia de lealtades en conflicto, de amistades que persisten hasta la muerte, de grandes aventuras y del intemporal choque entre Oriente y Occidente.
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We are the Pilgrims, Master: We shall go Always a little further. It may be Beyond that last blue mountain barred with snow Across that angry or that glimmering sea, White on a throne, or guarded in a cave There lives a prophet who can understand Why men are born . . . James Elroy Flecker
'Tis not too late to seek a newer world. Tennyson
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To all those Officers and Men of different races and creeds who, since 1846, have served with such pride and devotion in THE CORPS OF GUIDES among them Lieutenant Walter Hamilton V.C., my husband Major General Goff Hamilton CD, CBE, DSO, and his father Colonel Bill Hamilton OBE, DL, JP.
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Ashton Hilary Akbar Pelham-Martyn was born in a camp near the crest of a pass in the Himalayas, and subsequently christened in a patent canvas bucket.
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Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
From its beginning in the foothills of the towering Himalayas, to the burning plains, to the besieged British Mission in Kabul., M.M. Kaye's masterwork is a vast, rich and vibrant tapestry of love and war that ranks with the greatest panoramic sagas of modern fiction. It begins in 1857 when, following the Indian Mutiny, young English orphan Ashton is disguised by his ayah Sita as her Indian son, Ashok. As he forgets his true identity, his destiny is set. This is a story of divided loyalties and fierce friendship; of true love made impossible by class and race; a critique of the imperialist adventure; and an examination of the cultural and spiritual clash between East and West.
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