A beggar at the gate

"As Lahore's rose-scented air is rent by political feuding, Mariana Givens must choose between her beloved little stepson and the life she has always known. Two years earlier, in 1838, Mariana became the guardian of three-year-old Saboor. They now live in Calcutta with her aunt and uncle, but Mariana is ostracised by the British community for her impulsive marriage to Saboor's native father. Her relatives insist she return to Lahore, a journey of over a thousand miles, to ask for a divorce. This will mean giving up Saboor, but it may allow her to find a British husband. Once in Lahore, however, Mariana finds herself drawn towards the spiritual culture of her husband's Muslim family ..."
"Two years after arriving in India, Mariana Givens finds herself an outcast in her new homeland, and must weave a difficult path amid a rising storm of political and civil strife, in the sequel to "A Singular Hostage.""
"Two years after arriving in India, Mariana Givens finds herself an outcast in her new homeland, and must weave a difficult path amid a rising storm of political and civil strife, in the sequel to "A Singular Hostage.""@en
"Nineteenth-century British India comes alive in this captivating sequel to "A Singular Hostage," as Englishwoman Mariana Givens travels beyond the northwestern frontier of the British Empire to a world of richness and remote dangers."@en