Rumer Godden and Black Narcissus: Historical Background of Black Narcissus - Paperback

Rumer Godden's Black Narcissus was an instant hit in the post colonial period as it reminisce the good old days of British Indian Empire. However, there is a tragic difference, Godden was writing about the one and only place where the Brits and their Gurkha wives had lived in peaceful harmony of tea gardens of Darjeeling.