Brinda Charry is a novelist-turned-academic-returned-novelist. A specialist in English Renaissance literature, she has published a number of books and articles in that field. She lives in New Hampshire, USA, with her husband and dog.
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"Filled with memorable characters, The East Indian grapples with the brutal colonialism and indentured labour of the 1600s with warmth and wit.' SHASHI THAROOR
Meet Tony: insatiably curious, deeply compassionate, with a unique perspective on every scene he encounters. Kidnapped and transported to the New World after travelling from the British East India Company's outpost on the Coromandel Coast to the teeming streets of London, young Tony finds himself in Jamestown, Virginia, where he and his fellow indentured servants must work the tobacco plantations. Orphaned and afraid, Tony initially longs for home. But as he adjusts to his new environment, finding companionship and even love, he envisions a life for himself after servitude. His dream: to become a medicine man.
Set during the early days of English colonization in Jamestown, The East Indian gives authentic voice to an otherwise unknown historic figure and brings the world he would have encountered to vivid life."
