Book description
Una and her younger sister Hal have been abruptly summoned to live in
New Delhi by their diplomat father Sir Edward Gwithiam. From the first
meeting with their new tutor and companion, the beautiful Eurasian Alix
Lamont, Una senses a hidden motive to their presence. But through the
pain of the months to come, the poetry and logic of India do not leave
Una untouched. And it begins with the feather, a promise of something
genuine and precious . . . In The Peacock Spring Rumer Godden evokes the
magic of an India she knows so well - and all the bitter sweetness of
loyalty and love. And in the preface she explains how this perennially
popular novel came to be written. 'One of the finest English novelists'
Orville Prescott
Rumer Godden was one of Britain's most distinguished authors, with
many justly famous and much-loved books for both adults and children
to her credit, including Black Narcissus and The Greengage
Summer . She was awarded the OBE in 1993 and died in 1998.
