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Flowers in the Blood

by Gay Courter · 1990

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Bestselling author Gay Courter outdoes herself with this exotic, richly textured epic novel about a Jewish family in Victorian India. Colorful and compelling, it brings to life a world never before portrayed as it tells the dramatic and stormy tale of Dinah Sassoon's quest for love and justice.

Genre
historical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
JewishJewishMore like thisLess of this
Setting
19th century19th centuryMore like thisLess of thisIndiaIndiaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
epic · 628 pages

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