Captain Desmond V. C. (Esprios Classics)

Maud Diver (born Katherine Helen Maud Marshall; 9 September 1867 - 14 October 1945) was an English author in British India who wrote novels short stories biographies and journalistic pieces primarily on Indian topics and Englishmen in India. Maud Diver published her first novel Captain Desmond VC in 1907. This and several subsequent books were successful and charted on the bestseller lists of the time. She specialised in the imperial romance genre which was popular at the time. However unlike her contemporary Kipling Diver has been forgotten by later generations. There has been recent interest in her books as a source of information for studies on Anglo-Indian culture.