At Simla in the hills of British India, the narrator befriends Mr. Isaacs, a fabulously rich and frank Persian-born dealer in jewels. Isaacs falls in love with Katharine Westonhaugh, a young American, and becomes caught up in political danger and the mysterious powers of the adept Ram Lal.
Crawford’s first novel, an exotic romance that made his name in 1882. Download the free EPUB.