The Kashmir Shawl by Rosie Thomas
Spanning decades and moving from the stark beauty of the Welsh landscape to the Himalayas and Kashmir, this is a story of bravery, courage and love.‘A superbly researched and vivid evocation of wartime Kashmir and Ladakh’ Daily Mail
‘A spellbinding taleBeautifully written, honest and compassionate…a delight from start to finish’
Daily Express
‘An epic tale…A complicated entanglement of family secrets, love during wartime and dangerous liaisons. For fans of Maggie O’Farrell’
Red
‘A superbly written novel, marvellously descriptive and especially evocative of the war years . . . a gorgeous treat’ Choice
‘Thomas’ portrayal of a young wife struggling to cope with life in wartime Kashmir, her husband’s indifference to her and her attraction to a charismatic mountaineer is beautifully written, touching and believable’ The Daily Express
Rosie Thomas is the author of a number of celebrated novels, including the bestsellers The Kashmir Shawl, Sun at Midnight, Iris and Ruby and Constance. Once she was established as a writer and her children were grown, she discovered a love of travelling and mountaineering. She has climbed in the Alps and the Himalayas, competed in the Peking to Paris car rally, spent time on a tiny Bulgarian research station in Antarctica and travelled the silk road through Asia. She lives in London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780007285969 |
| ISBN 10 | 0007285965 |
| Title | The Kashmir Shawl |
| Author | Rosie Thomas |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 2011-07-21 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
| Prizes | Winner of Romantic Novelists' Association Awards: Epic Romantic Novel 2012 |
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