{"product_id":"the-passage-east-1934-anil-nijhawan-9781919438306","title":"The Passage East 1934: Historical Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTwo friends. A past that refuses to stay buried. Calcutta, 1934.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen young Englishmen Damon Finnegan and Robert Fletcher arrive in British India for what should be a carefree holiday, they expect adventure-not danger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir lives change forever the night they meet Flora, a beautiful Anglo-Indian woman carrying a painful past. As Damon falls deeply in love, the friends become entangled in a chain of events that begins with a shocking discovery: a murdered man lying in the streets of Calcutta.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoon secrets begin to surface-stolen documents, hidden scandals among powerful English merchants, and a confrontation that ends in tragedy. Fearing the consequences, Damon and Robert bury the truth and try to move on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the past does not stay buried.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYears later, as bombs fall over London during \u003cstrong\u003eWorld War II\u003c\/strong\u003e, Damon encounters Flora again in an air-raid shelter. Old love and unresolved guilt collide in a moment that will change both their lives forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpanning colonial India and wartime Britain, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Passage East 1934\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is a powerful historical novel of love, betrayal, and the long shadow of the past - from colonial India to the London Blitz.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt will appeal to readers of \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Passage to India, The Glass Palace\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e by \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmitav Ghosh, Birdsong, The Nightingale\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, and authors such as \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eKate Morton\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLucinda Riley\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anil Nijhawan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1919438300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781919438306\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Blue Horizon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/07\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.66d","brand":"Anil Nijhawan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48440661606655,"sku":"9781919438306","price":13.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_aabbfd86-1c47-4158-935b-166d1582d09f.jpg?v=1777183958","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-passage-east-1934-anil-nijhawan-9781919438306","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}