The India Fan (Casablanca Classics Book 0)

VH writes with an imagination that is sometimes hard to follow with its twists and turns, but difficult to put down. With a nod to real history here and the difficulties that are unimaginable, you find your heart in your mouth at times. But stepping into the heat and the hustle and bustle, there is a connection of humanity that is hard to ignore. And all this with a key item - a fan. Wow. Brilliant and transfixing. Who could know where it was leading.

How refreshing _ no foul language!

A scholarly book in some ways, teaching history, promoting further reading.

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I read all Victoria Holts books years ago and really enjoyed them she was my favourite author. . I decided to reread The India Fan but am quite disappointed as I find it rather stilted and it doesn't "flow" it tends to jump and too much is repeated as though the author thinks you will have forgotten what you read ten minutes ago. I will not be rereading any other Victoria Holt books. It is a lesson to me as to how your mind changes over the years. I do think however that anyone reading for the first time would enjoy this book.

good story

Victoria Holt was always a classic writer. I read them years and years ago and am enjoying them as much now as I did then.

Good Novel

Tutto perfetto. Transazione seria ed articolo perfetto.

It was a long book and every bit enchanting as my other Victoria Holt's

This is the first book I've read by Victoria Holt but definitely will not be the last. I love the gothic romance genre, having been a decades-long fan of Wilkie Collins.The story takes place over several years spent in England, France and exotic India during which a rector's daughter, Drusilla, deepens her relationships with the overbearing Framley family.Because she is in possession of a Indian peacock feather fan with a tragic past, she superstitiously feels as if her life has been cursed. At times throughout the story, it certainly seems to be the case.The story is long and covers several years of Drusilla's youth, but it is fast-paced and exciting. The part of the book about her experiences in India was my favorite and the most dramatic.All the characters were well-developed, and the relationships between the characters are realistic. There is no sex between Drusilla and any of her possible love interests; however, there are several allusions to the act occurring between others. There are no descriptions of the bedroom scenes, so I would say for an adult reader, this would be considered a clean romance if not a "sweet" romance.I was content but not ecstatic about the ending. I would have liked an epilogue. It would have been nice to have a chapter covering the next few months or year. I was left wondering what was ahead for some of the side characters.I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys Wilkie Collins or Jennifer Blake's clean gothic romances. It's well-written, well-researched, and an intriguing read.

Good read.

I fall for Holt's titles and then I'm always disappointed. Holt's dialogues and descriptions always seem stilted and over-precise (language-wise). No Mary Stewart magic and spontaneity, no intense M M Kaye descriptions and depth of historical knowledge, no Georgette Heyer feel for the period, its formal language and its slang, no delightful expertise in the clothing, the habits and even the food of the time. In this story there are two India fans and frankly the enormous influence the author must have wished them to have (especially the first) on the story line and the characters did not appear to me a success. To my mind the first fan ought to have been a "character" in itself - it gave the title to the book after all. The characters are dejà vu, and with the exception of one or two occurrences the whole thing is entirely predictable. A very "lick and a scrub" offering: passable if you need to while away time in the dentist's waiting room where one couldn't concentrate much on a more intricate and exacting read.