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Set against the sweeping grandeur of the Himalayas and tea plantations of Northern India, this epic drama tells the rich and explosive story of the decline of the British Empire and the birth of modern India, from both sides of the experience.

Restoration : Robert Merivel is a young man who seems to have everything ... until an affair leads to scandal, suddenly leaving him heartbroken and penniless. An ideal husband : A politician's spotless reputation is threatened by a dark secret from his past. A month by the lake : At a lakeside resort, an attractive older guest has her eye on a well-to-do bachelor. My life so far : Young Fraser Pettigrew has always been an adventurous child. But...

Based on a memoir by a British intelligence officer, chronicles the life in Naples soon after its liberation from Nazi forces in 1944.