{"product_id":"a-far-horizon","title":"A Far Horizon","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePraise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA lush, sweeping account of the Black Hole of Calcutta in 1756\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRich storytelling and vividly drawn characters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCalcutta, 1756: In Indian Black Town, the beautiful, young Sati is believed to be possessed by the goddess Kali, and finds herself at the centre of a religious cult. In British White Town, Chief Magistrate Holwell and Governor Drake come together to face a common enemy, Siraj Uddaulah, the young nawab in Murshidabad. When the nawab finally descends upon Calcutta with a huge army, it’s too late for those British residents who have not fled the city in time. Locked into Fort William with a large number of the Black Town population, these British prisoners spend a night of horror that would become legend of the history of the Raj.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA sweeping, fictionalised chronicle of the notorious incident of the Black Hole of Calcutta in 1756 that would later be used to justify the British empire’s colonisation of India.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The prose sweeps forward, and (Chand) evokes the period beautifully…effortlessly…\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eThe Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn and educated in London,\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMeira Chand\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis of Swiss-Indian parentage. She studied art at St Martin’s School of Art \u0026amp; Design and later taught art at an international school in Japan before turning to writing. She has a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Western Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Pansing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32123060256881,"sku":"9789814868617","price":23.35,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/A-Far-Horizon-Meira-Chand-00.jpg?v=1602757230","url":"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/a-far-horizon","provider":"Epigram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}