Heat and Dust: Anne is investigating the life of her grand-aunt Olivia, whose destiny has always been shrouded with scandal. The search leads back to the early nineteen
twenty when Olivia, recently married to Douglas, a civil servant in the colonial administration, comes to live with him in India. Slowly, Olivia becomes fascinated by India and by
the local ruler, a nawab who combines British distinction with Indian pomp and ruthlessness.
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