Caste

At Parvati’s temple, priests lay marigolds before the goddess and pray for the destruction of the British. In the marble palaces below, Nana Sahib smiles at his English friends—and waits.

In colonial India, the Mahratta rulers are plotting against British power, while Resident Hodson at Poona suspects that Nana Sahib’s Oxford polish conceals a fierce hatred. Captain Barlow is sent on a secret mission: win the allegiance of the formidable Amir Khan before his horsemen join the Mahratta forces. But Barlow must navigate more than shifting alliances; his uncertain courtship of Hodson’s daughter, Elizabeth, is caught in the same web of duty and danger. As armies gather and every move risks betrayal, the fate of India may turn on someone none of the players has even heard of. Who is Gulab Begum?

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