- Location(s): London, Penang, Singapore, Thailand
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1930s/40s and 1980s
The First in the Bamboo Trilogy. Thailand, 1943: Thomas Ellis, captured by the Japanese at the fall of Singapore, is a prisoner-of-war on the Death Railway. In stifling heat he endures endless days of clearing jungle, breaking stone and...
- Location(s): Burma (Myanmar)
- Genre(s): Historical
- Era(s): Wartime, 1940s and present day
From award-winning author, Ann Bennett comes a captivating story of love and loss during WW2. A daughter’s promise to her dying father uncovers wartime secrets that cast dark shadows over three generations… In 2015, 90-year old Grace Summers receives...
- Location(s): Bangka Island, Kuala Lipis, Penang, Singapore, Sumatra
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1930s, 1940s 1960s
Malaysia 1962: Juliet Crosby, a plantation owner’s wife, has lived a reclusive life on her Malaysian rubber plantation since the Second World War robbed her of everyone she loved. The sudden appearance of a young woman from Indonesia disrupts...
Bamboo Road (Bamboo Trilogy 3)
- Location(s): Kanchanaburi
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): WW2 and 1970
Thailand 1942: Sirinya and her family are members of the Thai underground, who risk their lives to resist the World War Two Japanese occupation and to and help British prisoners of war building the Thai-Burma railway. The events of...
The Fortune Teller of Kathmandu
- Location(s): Burma (Myanmar), Darjeeling, Kathmandu
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): WW2
A sweeping wartime tale of secrets and love, mystery and redemption, moving from the snow-capped Himalayas to the steamy heat of battle in the Burmese jungle. Perfect for fans of Dinah Jeffries, Victoria Hislop and Rosie Thomas. Hampshire, UK,...
- Location(s): India, Berkshire
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1930's/Present day
In 1934, Anna Foster, the young wife of a British Army Officer, privately harbouring pain and remorse, sets sail from Bombay on a fateful journey home, a letter from a charismatic stranger – orphanage superintendent, Reverend Ezra Burroughs –...
- Location(s): India, Burma (Myanmar)
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 1940s
From award-winning author Ann Bennett, comes a heart-breaking story of love and loss set in World War 2 Burma. In 1980, Edith Mayhew, proprietor of the Tea Planter’s Club in Calcutta, is preparing to sell up after years of...
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