Where the Peacocks Sing : a Palace, a Prince, and the Search for Home

Summary: An international journalist meets, falls in love, and marries an Indian journalist who also happens to be a landed prince with a run-down palace in need of serious repair.

Record details

ISBN: 9780312378783 (hc.)
ISBN: 0312378785 (hc.)
Physical Description: print
v, 279 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Edition: First Edition.
Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2013.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Fear of flying -- Searching -- Meeting Ajay -- Good-bye high life, hello new life -- Rebirth -- Castles in the sky and other useless places -- The journey begins -- Delhi earth -- So close-- --High spirits -- The trophy room -- Gods and water -- The oiling -- A wedding at the palace -- Christmas with Hindus -- Servants and masters -- Haveli rich, cash poor -- Hong Kong luxury, Indian soul -- Resurrection -- The kitchen -- Amusing the Singhs -- The garden of truth -- The Singhs in America -- The wedding -- At last, the Taj.