John Masters

Lieutenant Colonel John Masters, DSO (1914–1983) was an English officer in the 2nd Battalion 4th Gurkha Rifles Indian Army from 1935, and novelist. His works are noted for their treatment of the British Empire in India.

His 1954 novel Bhowani Junction was made into a successful film, starring Ava Gardner. The geographic location of fictional Bhowani Junction was most likely Jhansi, but the film was shot in Lahore.

Also see

• North West Frontier Campaigns-Individual accounts

External links

• John Masters Wikipedia
• Bhowani Junction Wikipedia
• Ava Gardner in Lahore for 'Bhowani Junction' 22 June 2010 All Things Pakistan, now an archived website.
• Bhowani Junction – a brief but memorable encounter with Hollywood by Hamid Hussain April 12, 2013 forpakistan.org
• Listen to a 1978 interview with John Masters (1914-1983), including transcripts .s-asian.cam.ac.uk

Online Books

Autobiography

• Bugles And A Tiger(1956) Pdf download, Digital Library of India. Another DLI file, possibly 1965. Also available in the Internet Archive (Archive.org) Lending Library. Only one person at a time is able to borrow, so you may need to wait for the book to be returned, First you must sign up with the Open Library. Waziristan in the late 1930s with the Indian Army.
• Pilgrim Son 1954. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. 3rd volume of Autobiography. Masters' life as a writer.

Novels with an Indian background

Listed according to the period in which the novels are set.

• Coromandell 1955. Internet Archive (Archive.org) Lending Library. A 17th-century English lad runs away to sea and ends up in India.
• The Deceivers Pdf download, Digital Library of India. An English officer goes undercover to root out the ritual murders of Thuggee.
• Nightrunners Of Bengal 1951. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. The Sepoy Mutiny of 1857.
• The Lotus And The Wind Pdf download, Digital Library of India. The Great Game of British and Russian agents on the Northwest Frontier.
• The Ravi Lancers 1972. Internet Archive (Archive.org) Lending Library. An Indian cavalry regiment is sent to the France at the outbreak of the First World War.
• Bhowani Junction 1954. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. Also available in the Internet Archive (Archive.org) Lending Library. Britain's exodus and the Partition of India.
• To The Coral Strand Pdf download, Digital Library of India. An ex-officer refuses to go gracefully after Indian independence.

Other novels

• Fandango Rock 1959 Pdf download, Digital Library of India. Set in Spain.