Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.2 / 5.0

Wonderful historical novel with romance too!:

I don't think anyone does a better job of painting a lush setting than MM Kaye. Her novels set throughout the British Empires holdings are impressive and breathtaking for the armchair travel and history as much as they are for the characters and stories she writes.

From Back of Book:

M.M Kaye's impassioned new novel sweeps us off to another time, another place. In a time of violence we enter Zanzibar, a dangerous land drenched in languid sensuous beauty. Into this lawless paradise comes Hero Athena... more info

EXCELLENT, MOVING , HISTORICAL FICTION - MY FAVORITE!:

In the 20+ years since I first picked up "Trade Wind", it remains my favorite piece of fiction. Nothing has touched me like this novel. I guess that I've read it a minimum of 20 times. It's impossible to explain the feeling that reading this book gives me, but the way in which Ms. Kaye writes about her characters and their motivations touches a deep cord. I first read this book at 17. I'm now almost 40, but through all these years and all these readings, the story of Hero Hollis and Rory Frost still has the... more info

Sophisticated, Superb Historical Fiction:

M. M. Kaye, the author of two of my favorite historical novels, "The Far Pavilions" and "Shadow of the Moon," does not disappoint with "Trade Wind." Unlike her other books, which are set in India, this tale is told against the languid, sensuous, often savage beauty of 19th century Zanzibar - a lawless island paradise off the coast of East Africa.

Hero Athena Hollis, a lovely Boston bluestocking with a long list of good intentions and a self-appointed mission to abolish slavery, visits her diplomat uncle... more info

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