About the Book: There was an illusion of timelessness in the fabled and exotic capital of Oudh. The tonga carrying the beautiful nautch girl Samaira passed through the narrow lanes of Lucknow, heading to Haseina Begum's kotha. Charles Hamilton, the young, dashing military officer, bid a teary goodbye to his family in Scotland and boarded a ship to India to join the British East India Company. They...