Lynsdale Raj

John Lynsdale was born to be the King of England. Deprived of his birthright by a weak father and a scheming woman, John follows his repetitive dream to India, a land of opportunity riven by little men squabbling for power. In Britain, too, the restless Scots yearn for their king, the ordinary people are miserable, and the hostile kingdoms of Europe loom as a looming threat across the narrow English Channel. John Lynsdale’s world, 300 years ago, was much like ours today. This is the story of his adventures, the intrigues he faced within the multinational East India Company, his many loves, and his mystical awakening. In Fort St. George, Madras, he encounters the cold, ruthless Norbert Kline and, together, they are besieged in a monsoon-drenched fortress and emerge victorious. But when he falls in love with the beautiful Armenian woman, Ann Hawkenian, the petty-minded expatriates in the Fort spurn him for choosing a ‘country-born’ wife. Lured to Calcutta by a suave mercenary agent, John Lynsdale and Ann then set off to find their dream kingdom in the Himalayas. This is John Lynsdale’s swashbuckling story, but is his story History? Perhaps. Sometimes fact and fiction converge curiously.