Janet MacLeod Trotter Knihy

Indie, 1904: Krásná Clarissa odmítne nabídku k sňatku od staršího majitele čajové plantáže, který chce právě tímto spojením vykoupit dívčinu rodinu z dluhů. Krátce poté umírá její ovdovělý otec a Clarissa s mladší sestrou odjíždí k příbuzným do Anglie. Tam je nucena dřít v hostinci otcova hamižného bratrance. Ačkoliv se kolem ní spřádá pavučina intrik a nenávisti, nehodlá se vzdát naděje na štěstí a lásku.

Cousins and best friends, Sophie and Tilly are looking for love and adventure Sophie, orphaned at six, has been brought up by a radical aunt. Tilly meanwhile has lived a sheltered life in Newcastle. Tilly surprises everyone with a whirlwind marriage to a confirmed bachelor and tea planter, James Robson, following him to India. Thinking herself in love with the charming, enigmatic forester Tam, the independent Sophie decides to follow him when he also goes to India. Set against the vivid backdrop of post WWI Britain and the changing world of India under the British Raj.

Childhood memoir of a Beatle-mad, ex-pat Scot growing up in the North-East of England in the 1960s and journeying to Skye. The only girl in a boys' boarding school, Janet's amusing and touching tales vividly re-create the lost world of '60s Durham and the Scottish Highlands before mass tourism.

An RNA Romantic Novel Award nominee. From shipwreck and heartbreak to treachery and war: can their love survive? Abandoned as a baby and raised in a remote lighthouse off the wild Northumberland coast, Alice Fairchild has always dreamed of adventure. When a fierce storm wrecks a ship nearby, she risks everything in an act of bravery that alters the course of her life. Aboard the doomed vessel is the handsome John Sinclair, a Scottish soldier on his way to India. The connection between them is instant, but soon fate intervenes and leaves Alice heartbroken and alone. Determined to take charge of her destiny but secretly hoping her path will cross again with John's, she too makes a new start in colonial India. Life there is colourful and exotic, but beneath the bright facade is an undercurrent of violence, and when the British invade Afghanistan, Alice is caught up in the dangerous campaign. When at last she hears news of John, she is torn between two very different lives. But will she follow her head or her heart?

In this evocative tale of life in India between the wars, friendships will be tested and loyalties torn. But can love win the day? In Scotland in the aftermath of the First World War, nurse Esmie McBride meets handsome Captain Tom Lomax at her best friend Lydia’s home. Esmie is at first concerned for Tom’s shell shock, then captivated by his charm, but it’s effervescent Lydia he marries, and the pair begin a new adventure together in India. When marriage to Tom’s doctor friend Harold offers Esmie the chance to work in India, the two sets of newlyweds find themselves living wildly different lives on the subcontinent. Esmie, heartbroken but resolved, is nursing at a mission hospital on the North West Frontier. Lydia, meanwhile, is the glamorous mistress of the Raj Hotel, where Tom hopes his sociable new wife will dazzle international guests. As Esmie struggles with her true feelings for Tom and the daily dangers of her work, Lydia realises the Raj is not the centre of high society she had dreamed of. And when crisis strikes both couples, Esmie faces a shattering choice: should she stay the constant friend she’s always been, or risk everything and follow her heart?

Lush, green, fragrant: the Indian hills of Assam are full of promise. But eighteen-year-old Clarissa Belhaven is full of worry. The family tea plantation is suffering, and so is her father, still grieving over the untimely death of his wife, while Clarissa's fragile sister, Olive, needs love and resourceful care. Beautiful and headstrong, Clarissa soon attracts the attention of young, brash Wesley Robson, a rival tea planter. Yet before his intentions become fully clear, tragedy befalls the Belhavens and the sisters are wrenched from their beloved tea garden to the industrial streets of Tyneside. A world away from the only home she has ever known, Clarissa must start again. Using all her means, she must endure not only poverty but jealousy and betrayal too. Will the reappearance of Wesley give her the link to her old life that she so desperately craves? Or will a fast-changing world and the advent of war extinguish hope forever? Revised edition: This edition of The Tea Planter's Daughter includes editorial revisions.

Libby Robson parte alla ricerca di ricordi felici, ma la sua idilliaca infanzia in India è davvero un'illusione? Dopo la Seconda Guerra Mondiale, lascia l'Inghilterra per tornare nella casa d'infanzia dove ha lasciato il cuore e il padre amato, James, quattordici anni prima. All'inizio, Libby è rapita dalla bellezza vibrante dell'India: il trambusto di Calcutta, i lussureggianti giardini di tè dell'Assam. Ma sotto la superficie ribolle una ribellione: l'India è sull'orlo dell'Indipendenza e i giorni del dominio britannico sono contati. Come proprietario di una piantagione di tè, James incarna il regime coloniale odiato, e Libby inizia a mettere in discussione i suoi ricordi idealizzati, soprattutto quando incontra il carismatico combattente per la libertà Ghulam Khan. Con l'Indipendenza in arrivo, la vita in India diventa precaria per Libby, James e Ghulam. Quando James rivela un vergognoso segreto di famiglia, Libby è costretta a interrogarsi sul suo passato e sul suo futuro.

Im zweiten Band ihrer farbenprächtigen Saga »Neubeginn in Indien« erzählt Bestsellerautorin Janet MacLeod Trotter über die Umwege der Liebe. Ich kannte dich mein Leben lang und war doch immer auf der Suche nach dir. Stella und Andrew sind gemeinsam im Raj Hotel in Punjab groß geworden. Als ein Skandal Andrews Leben auf den Kopf stellt, wird er mit Stella als Begleitung zu seiner Mutter nach Schottland geschickt. Auf dem Schiff verliebt sich Stella Hals über Kopf in den attraktiven Hugh, doch dieser spielt nur mit ihren Träumen. Allein kehrt Stella in ihre Heimat zurück und stürzt sich nach dem Ausbruch des Zweiten Weltkriegs in die Arbeit für das Freiwilligencorps der Frauen. Andrew, mittlerweile in Schottland verlobt, schließt sich der britischen Armee an. Als er auf der Durchreise während des Kriegs in Indien Station macht, begegnen sich Stella und Andrew nach langer Zeit. Doch die bitteren Erfahrungen ihrer Vergangenheit haben sie verändert. Können sie das wiederfinden, was sie einst verband?

In "Die Frauen der Teeplantage" von Janet MacLeod Trotter kämpft die Anglo-Inderin Adela 1933 in Indien um ihre Träume und Liebe. Nach einem enttäuschenden Debüt flieht sie nach England, wo sie ein neues Leben beginnt. Doch der Zweite Weltkrieg bedroht ihre Sehnsucht nach Assam und ihre Hoffnung auf Rückkehr.

Das emotionale Finale der Indien-Saga von Janet MacLeod Trotter spielt 1945. Jeanie kehrt voller Hoffnung zu ihrem Mann Mungo zurück, fühlt sich jedoch eingeengt und sucht Freiheit im Haus der Lomax’. Bei einer Hochzeit trifft sie den Lebemann Rick wieder und muss sich zwischen Pflichtgefühl und aufkeimenden Gefühlen entscheiden.

Der erste Band der Indien-Saga von Janet MacLeod Trotter erzählt die bewegende Geschichte zweier Frauen, Esmie und Lydia, die in Schottland 1919 leben. Während Esmie im Missionskrankenhaus in Indien mit sozialen Herausforderungen kämpft, genießt Lydia das Leben im kolonialen Glanz. Eine Krise zwingt Esmie, zwischen Treue und Liebe zu wählen.