This one's for all you fairy tale lovers out there. Kaye was awarded the Colonel James Tod International Award by the Maharana Mewar Foundation of Udaipur, Rajasthan, for her "contribution of permanent value reflecting the spirit and values of Mewar".
Her autobiography has been published in three volumes, collectively entitled Share of Summer: The Sun in the Morning, Golden Afternoon, and Enchanted Evening. She also wrote and illustrated The Ordinary Princess, a children's book and authored a dozen detective novels, including Death in Kashmir and Death in Zanzibar. This was followed by Shadow of the Moon and Trade Wind. Kaye won worldwide fame for The Far Pavilions, which became a worldwide best-seller on publication in 1978. Kaye followed the drum to Kenya, Zanzibar, Egypt, Cyprus and Germany. After India's independence, her husband, Major-General Goff Hamilton of Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides (the famous Indian Army regiment featured in The Far Pavilions), joined the British Army and for the next nineteen years M.
Her family ties with the country are strong: her grandfather, father, brother and husband all served the British Raj. Kaye (Mary Margaret) was born in India and spent her early childhood and much of her early-married life there. OL1985679W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 83.08 Pages 132 Ppi 500 Related-external-id urn:isbn:1101141654 Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 19:52:35 Boxid IA152901 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Date-raw July 1986 Donorįriendsofthesanfranciscopubliclibrary External-identifier
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