Tiger & The Ruby The: A Journey to the

In 1841 Nigel Halleck left Britain as a clerk in the East India Company. He served in the colonial administration for eight years before leaving his post eventually disappearing in the mountain kingdom of Nepal never to be heard from again.A century-and-a-half later Kief Hillsbery Nigel’s nephew many times removed sets out to unravel the mystery. Tracing his ancestor’s journey across the subcontinent his quest takes him from Lahore to Calcutta and finally to the palaces of Kathmandu. What emerge...See More