Hussein: An Entertainment
by Patrick O'Brian | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0393049191 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0393049191 Global Overview for this book
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Hussein is a story about a young Mahout-or elephant handler-with his childhood and life in India, his relationship and adventures with elephants all rendered in rich detail. As a boy, Hussein falls in love with a beautiful and elusive girl, Sashiya, and arranges for another of her suitors to be murdered with a fakir's curse. The dead mans relatives vow vengeance. Hussein escalpes and his adventure begins......
Hussein is a story about a young Mahout-or elephant handler-with his childhood and life in India, his relationship and adventures with elephants all rendered in rich detail. As a boy, Hussein falls in love with a beautiful and elusive girl, Sashiya, and arranges for another of her suitors to be murdered with a fakir's curse. The dead mans relatives vow vengeance. Hussein escalpes and his adventure begins......
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