The Nabob’s Daughter – Review

Great story!

Review By Maggi Andersen
Whenever I pick up a Rosemary Morris novel, I know I’ll find a refreshingly unique story. And this one is no exception. From the exotic world of Madras, India, where the English, working with the East India company grew rich as Nabobs, to Regency England, seen through a young English girl’s eye. The two startlingly different cultures are vividly described after Joyce is sent back at nine years of age to England. In comparison, England seems a grey, sunless land compared to the richness warmth of Madras. We see her grow up, but she never loses her deep love for India. Her yearning to return there is felt throughout the story and made me wish to see her return there and to be with the man she loves. But much stands in her way and there is more heartbreak ahead. Great story!

EDITORIAL REVIEW by Victoria ChathamE
“Rosemary Morris has drawn on her extensive knowledge of India to create a vibrant setting for her story. The reader is drawn into a world of searing heat, colourful sights, the smell of exotic food, and the extremes of luxury and lack. It is also the world of the East India Company, that melting pot of nationalities importing and exporting silks and spices, cotton, and coffee, indigo and opium and much more. It was possible for anyone, regardless of their origins, to amass huge fortunes, being termed nabobs in the process.”