John Masters

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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.

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Online Books

Autobiography

Novels with an Indian background

Listed according to the period in which the novels are set.[1]

  • 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.

References

  1. Wikipedia article