The White Dove

Rosie Thomas is the author of a number of celebrated novels, including the bestsellersThe Kashmir Shawl,Sun at Midnight,Iris and RubyandConstance. Once she was established as a writer and her children were grown, she discovered a love of travelling and mountaineering. She has climbed in the Alps and the Himalayas, competed in the Peking to Paris car rally, spent time on a tiny Bulgarian research station in Antarctica and travelled the silk road through Asia. She lives in London.

‘Beautifully constructed and written . . . A treat’ Marie Claire -

‘Love, seduction, magic and illusion collide as Rosie Thomas takes us on a spellbinding journey through an extremely shadowy world’ Daily Express -

Praise for The Kashmir Shawl: -

‘A superbly researched and vivid evocation of wartime Kashmir and Ladakh’ Daily Mail -

‘A spellbinding tale. Beautifully written, honest and compassionate…a delight from start to finish’Daily Express -

‘An epic tale…A complicated entanglement of family secrets, love during wartime and dangerous liaisons. For fans of Maggie O’Farrell’Red -

‘A superbly written novel, marvellously descriptive and especially evocative of the war years . . . a gorgeous treat’ Choice -

‘Thomas’ portrayal of a young wife struggling to cope with life in wartime Kashmir, her husband’s indifference to her and her attraction to a charismatic mountaineer is beautifully written, touching and believable’ The Daily Express -