A.E.W. Mason
A.E.W. Mason's The Broken Road, first published in 1907, is a gripping romance of the frontier--considered the 'real India' by many British writers, and the preferred setting for Raj novels of romantic adventure. Through the relationship between its two main characters--Dick Linforth, scion of a family of empire-builders and Shere Ali, the prince of Chiltistan--it explores the sense of duty that drove successive generations of British men to sacrifice their lives ...