Will the legendary curse of the Peacock fan determine her
destiny? Even since that fateful day when Drusilla
Delaney as a young child innocently carried a beautiful
peacock fan, its history of calamity overshadowed her life.
Daughter of a brilliant scholar but humble rural parson,
Drusilla knew from childhood the restrictions of her rural
existence in Victorian England. While their life was
comfortable as long as her father lived, the parsonage was
not their own. Her life and that of the small community
where they lived would be dominated by the House of
Framling and especially by the strength and force of Lady
Harriet, her strong-willed and handsome son, Fabian, and
her beautiful, selfish and arrogant daughter Lavinia.
Due to circumstances, Drusillia's life became closely
linked with the Framling family and enjoys their favour,
but she is ever mindful of the class barriers between.
Constantly overshadowed by Lavinia's beauty and lifestyle,
Drusilla is well liked for her wit and intelligence by her
longstanding friends and the men in her life. While her
heart might leap for joy from a small touch of the finger,
she knows it cannot be.
After the death of her father, Drusilla, while largely
compliant to the expectations of the times, does nicely
manage to sidestep the wishes of Lady Harriet and a
marriage of convenience, and heads for India to join up
with Lavinia and her family there. But, as rebellion and
mutiny take over the country, what will happen to her?
Will the curse of the fan ruin her life as well?
This is a new 2013 re-issue of one of Victoria Holt's most
well-loved romantic suspense novels originally published in
1988. Victoria Holt is a pseudonym of Eleanor Alice
Burford Hibbert (passed away in 1993) who wrote many, many
other books under the names, such as Jean Plaidy, Philippa
Carr and Kathleen Kellow. True to the nature of Victorians
times, the plot develops slowly with little hints and
foreshadowing of what might occur, yet, THE INDIA FAN is
still a very
absorbing and suspenseful read. Due to Fabian's linkage
with the East India Company, the story follows Drusilla's
journeys from pastoral England to schooling in France and
then to India where dramatic action and an heroic escape
occurs against the backdrop of the Indian Mutiny and the
battle at Lucknow. A story of Victorian repression,
passion and power you don't want to miss! Enjoy!
Blackmail. Arson. Murder. Obsession.
Beautiful as its peacock feathers may be, the priceless fan
hidden deep within the Framling mansion has a legacy of
death and destruction. And Drusilla Delany has no idea she\'s
been marked by its curse...
But the fan\'s dark past might prove less of a danger than
Fabian Framling himself. Dark, brooding, and dominating,
will he be the one to save her from the fan\'s cruel
fate...or cause her demise?
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