Far to Seek: A Romance of England and India (Penrose Classics)

A sweeping romance of England, India, identity, and the divided loyalties of the heart.Roy Sinclair is the son of two worlds. From his English father, he inherits honour, discipline, and the traditions of an old family estate. From his Rajput mother, Lilámani, he inherits imagination, spiritual intensity, and a passionate bond with India. Raised between these inheritances, Roy grows up with a restless hunger for meaning—and a heart drawn toward love, loyalty, and the far-off call of his mother’s land.At the centre of his childhood stands Tara: brave, devoted, and deeply bound to him by affection neither of them fully understands. But as the years carry Roy from the enchanted world of childhood into Oxford, war, grief, ambition, and the charged atmosphere of British India, that bond is tested by distance, pride, misunderstanding, and desire.Set against the rich backdrop of England and India in the early twentieth century, Far to Seek is a novel of longing and self-discovery, of East and West, inheritance and belonging. Around Roy, history gathers force: old certainties begin to fracture, political unrest rises, and private lives are caught in the currents of a changing world.Romantic, atmospheric, and deeply reflective, Maud Diver’s novel explores the search for one’s true country—not merely on a map, but in blood, memory, conscience, and love.A richly detailed historical romance for readers drawn to classic fiction, Anglo-Indian literature, family sagas, and stories of divided identity and enduring devotion. Read more