Flora Annie Steel moved to India because her husband was a civil servant there. Unlike many non-native women, Flora was very interested in the culture and life of the native…

A history, above all one which claims to hold no original research, but simply to be a compilation of the work of others, needs no introduction save the compiler’s thanks…

Tales of the Punjab: Folklore of India, a classical book, has been considered essential throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions…

This Book "In the Tideway" has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing…

These forty-one traditional English tales abound with such odd, wonderful and often mysterious characters as Mr. and Mrs. Vinegar, Mr. Fox, and Nix Naught Nothing – as well as a…

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…

A collection of short stories, these tales are set in colonial India and offer a unique insight into what life was like at that time.

Steel’s historical novel offers the reader a glimpse into colonial India that is typical of her fiction, weaving a delicate story to the backdrop of British imperialism in an exotic…