{"product_id":"books-the-east-indian-by-brinda-charry","title":"The East Indian","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/em\u003e2023 SUMMER READ\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMeet Tony: the first Indian to set foot on American soil.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmong the settlers, slaves, and indentured servants that make the treacherous journey across the Atlantic to the New World in the early 1600s — for some, an exciting opportunity, for others, a brutal abduction — there is also Tony. As a child, his homeland on the Coromandel Coast of India becomes a trading outpost for the English; as an orphaned teenager, he finds himself kidnapped from the streets of London and bound to servitude on a Virginia plantation. But Tony is not giving up on his dreams just yet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnder the rule of a sadistic plantation owner, he forms a tender bond with a young boy who will haunt his nightmares; on an exploration inland alongside a trader and Native Americans, he realises the world is vaster and more mysterious than he could have imagined; and in Jamestown, he finally earns himself a position as a physician’s apprentice, an ambition he has long harboured.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe East Indian\u003c\/em\u003e is a Dickensian-style yarn about family, friendship, and finding oneself in the seeds of a new world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53769036562705,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781914484575.jpg?v=1783948737","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/books-the-east-indian-by-brinda-charry","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}