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Katharine Gordon (1)
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Katharine Gordon was born on 1916 in Aberdeen, Scotland, UK, but she grew up in India, and except for occasional trips to her mother-in-law's home in Kent or her own family in Scotland has spent her life in India, Africa and in Cyprus. She worked as Secretary to E. A. Army Wardens in Nairobi, Kenya, from 1950 to 1951; as Immigration Officer at the Immigration Department in Nairobi from 1954 to 1957; and as Consular Clerk at British Embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, from 1964 to 1969. She married an English RAF pilot retired after World War II and flew as an airline captain, and it was while he was on long trips that she began to write. She wrote many manuscripts, some twenty in all, and finally submitted The Emerald Peacock, based on a true story, for publication in 1978, wich she won the Authors' Club First Novel Award, and in 1979 the Romantic Novel of the Year Award of Special Merit by the Romantic Novelists' Association.
Full Series List in Order
The Peacock Saga
1 - The Emerald Peacock (May-1978)2 - In the Shadow of the Peacock (Apr-1979)
2 - Peacock in Flight (Apr-1979)
3 - The Peacock Rider (Mar-1981)
3 - The Peacock Ring (Mar-1981)
4 - Peacock in Jeopardy (Jan-1983)
5 - The Peacock Fan (Mar-1996)
Book List in Order: 8 titles
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The Emerald Peacock
- May-1978
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INDIA...A LAND OF PASSION AND DANGER, LOVE AND BETRAYAL They eloped to an exotic palace high in the majestic hills. Bianca O'Neil, a beautiful Irish girl and Sher Khan, the passionate Prince of Tigers, ruler of Lambagh, and heir to the Peacock...
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The Peacock Ring
- Mar-1981
- / Historical Romance
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From the Peacock series, this title tells the story of Sir Robert Reid, who inherits his family estate, Moxton Park in England, but he remains in India to help his friend Kassim foil a plot to kill the old Raja....
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The Peacock Rider
- Mar-1981
- / General Fiction
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From the Peacock series, this title tells the story of Sir Robert Reid, who inherits his family estate, Moxton Park in England, but he remains in India to help his friend Kassim foil a plot to kill the old Raja....
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Peacock in Jeopardy
- Jan-1983
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Sarah Longman is rescued from a disastrous marriage by young Indian ruler Sher Khan II, and her husband, seeking revenge, joins enemy forces in a conspiracy to steal the fabled Peacock jewels....
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The Peacock Fan
- Mar-1996
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When Kassim Khan and his wife are killed, their adopted son Dil Bahadur is so devastated he wishes to leave India and return to his wife in England. Before he is able to act on his wish, Dil once more encounters Amara, the beautiful Begum of Jungdah,...
Award-Winning Books by Katharine Gordon (1)
1979 RoNA -- Award Of Special Merit