{"product_id":"fate-knows-no-tears-mary-talbot-cross-9781862547858","title":"Fate Knows no Tears: A novel of passion and scandal in the days of the Raj","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Pale hands I loved beside the Shalimar, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Where are you now?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Who lies beneath your spell?'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e So opens the hugely successful 'Kashmiri Song', set to music in 1902. Yet who today remembers the poet who penned these haunting words?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In \u003cem\u003eFate Knows no Tears\u003c\/em\u003e, a romantic novel rich with the colour and pageantry of colonial India, Mary Talbot Cross recreates the life of Violet Nicolson, who found fame as the poet Laurence Hope. Through the pages parade a host of famous - and infamous - individuals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Violet Nicolson, courageous, outspoken and dangerously attractive, lived through times of dramatic change in both India and England. Her own life was no less challenging or exciting. For five years she shared her soldier husband's adventures on the wild mountains of what is now Pakistan. Later, in Central India, her embrace of native customs and the behaviour previously indulged by Nicolson's regimental colleagues became the stuff of scandal; there was even talk of a native lover ...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e When Violet Nicolson published three volumes of poetry in which she evoked echoes of India's fascinating past, her passionate accounts of forbidden liaisons and sensuous jasmine-laden nights sent shock waves through polite Edwardian society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mary Talbot Cross\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1862547858\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781862547858\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wakefield Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 438\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.09d","brand":"Mary Talbot Cross","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49001930686719,"sku":"9781862547858","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fate-knows-no-tears-mary-talbot-cross-9781862547858","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}