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The Book of Gold Leaves

The Book of Gold Leaves
  • Author(s): Mirza Waheed
  • Location(s): Kashmir, Srinagar
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1990s

Mirza Waheed’s extraordinary new novel The Book of Gold Leaves is a heartbreaking love story set in war-torn Kashmir. In an ancient house in the city of Srinagar, Faiz paints exquisite Papier Mache pencil boxes for tourists. Evening is beginning to...

The Kashmir Shawl

The Kashmir Shawl
  • Author(s): Rosie Thomas
  • Location(s): Ladakh, Srinagar
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1940s onwards

An epic story of wartime, family secrets and forbidden love, set against the stunning exotic backdrop of 1940s Kashmir. Within one exotic land lie the secrets of a lifetime… Newlywed Nerys Watkins leaves rural Wales for the first time...

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