The Pavilion in the Clouds [electronic resource] : A new stand-alone novel
McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948-2021
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It is 1938 and the final days of the British Empire. In a bungalow high up in the green hills above the plains of Ceylon, under a vast blue sky, live the Ferguson family: Bella, a precocious eight-year-old, her father Henry – owner of Pitlochry, a tea plantation – and her mother Virginia. The story centres around the Pavilion in the Clouds, nestled in idyllic grounds carved out of the wilderness. But all is not as serene as it seems. Bella is suspicious of her governess Miss White's intentions. Her intuition sparks off her mother's imagination, and, after an unfortunate series of events, a confrontation results in a gunshot ringing out through the valley. Years later, Bella, now living back in Scotland at university in St Andrews, is faced, once again, with her past. Will she at last find out what happened between her father and Miss White? And will the guilt she has lived with all these years be reconciled by a long-overdue apology?
Main title:
The Pavilion in the Clouds [electronic resource] : A new stand-alone novel / Alexander McCall Smith
Author:
McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948-, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Birlinn, 2021
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
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Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
Alexander McCall Smith is one of the world's most prolific and most popular authors. His various series of books have been translated into over forty-six languages and have sold more than 30 million copies across the world. These include the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, the 44 Scotland Street novels, the Isabel Dalhousie novels and the Von Igelfeld series. He also writes stand-alone novels, poetry, children's fiction and libretti for short operas. He has received numerous awards for his writing and holds thirteen honorary doctorates from universities in Europe and North America. In 2007 he received a CBE for services to literature and in 2011 was honoured by the President of Botswana for services through literature to the country. In 2015 he received the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction and in 2017 the National Arts Club (of America) Medal of Honor for Achievement in Literature.
ISBN:
9781788854627
Language:
English
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BRN:
3013754