A flight of the Pigeons

This book is from a well known Indian author Ruskin Bond. The book narrates a story of an English family trapped in the city of Sikandapur during the first revolt of 1857 to liberate India from British rule. Published in 1975 the story is about an obsession of a man(Javed) to marry one of the British woman, who he planned to kill during the revolt and instead falls passionately in love with one of the woman. Story also portrays the strength and courage of the girl's mother to keep her out of reach of Javed.Good read .A Movie based on the same story was released in 1978 in India and won many awards.