TY  - BOOK
AU  - Murray,Kirsty
TI  - The Lilliputians
SN  - 9789381017753 (paperback)
U1  - 823.92 MUR 23
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Young Zubaan
KW  - True stories (Children's / Teenage)
KW  - India
KW  - History
KW  - British occupation, 1765-1947
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Historical fiction
KW  - Young adult fiction.
N1  - A novel.; Based on a true story.
N2  - Madras 1910: Poesy and Tilly are caught in a scandal that willchange their lives forever. Singing and dancing across a hundredstages as members of a troupe of Australian child performers, calledThe Lilliputians, they travel by steam train into the heart ofIndia. But as one disaster follows another, money runs short andtempers fray. What must the girls do to protect themselves and howmany lives will be ruined if they try to break free? Based on a real historical incident, award winning writer KirstyMurray tells a tale of intrigue and skull duggery, of friendshipsmade and betrayed, set against the heat and dust of a lostEmpire. The Lilliputians is not only a gripping adventure story, butavividly imagined historical novel, that will enthrall youngreaders and take them on an unforgettable journey back intime...
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