The Sun in the Morning: My Early Years in India and England

m.m. kaye

The author writes of her childhood in India; her enduring love for the romance, mystery, and culture of that country; and the creative inspiration she continues to draw from the India of the Raj

Genres indianonfictionmemoirbiographyhistoryautobiographybritish literatureasiatravelbiography memoir

454 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1,1990

Series

Share of Summer

This edition

Format: 454 pages, Hardcover
Published: January 1, 1990 by St Martins Press
ISBN: 9780312049997
ASIN: 0312049994
Language: English

About the author

M. M. Kaye (Mary Margaret) was born in India and spent her early childhood and much of her early-married life there. Her family ties with the country are strong: her grandfather, father, brother and husband all served the British Raj. After India's independence, her husband, Major-General Goff Hamilton of Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides (the famous Indian Army regiment featured in The Far Pavilions), joined the British Army and for the next nineteen years M. M. Kaye followed the drum to Kenya, Zanzibar, Egypt, Cyprus and Germany.
M. M. Kaye won worldwide fame for The Far Pavilions, which became a worldwide best-seller on publication in 1978. This was followed by Shadow of the Moon and Trade Wind. She also wrote and illustrated The Ordinary Princess, a children's book and authored a dozen detective novels, including Death in Kashmir and Death in Zanzibar. Her autobiography has been published in three volumes, collectively entitled Share of Summer: The Sun in the Morning, Golden Afternoon, and Enchanted Evening. In March 2003, M. M. Kaye was awarded the Colonel James Tod International Award by the Maharana Mewar Foundation of Udaipur, Rajasthan, for her "contribution of permanent value reflecting the spirit and values of Mewar".