"A story of love and understanding, of duty and honour, of spirituality and redemption, painted beautifully and vividly with deft soul strokes."
"Beautifully written…transports the reader back to the 19th Century."
"Ali creates a believable world… An enlightening read."
Two years have passed since Mariana Givens risked everything to save an Indian baby from certain death. Now she must return the child Saboor to his family in the Punjab, and dissolve her accidental marriage to his courtier father. But she loves little Saboor as her own, and her husband’s father, the enigmatic Shaikh Waliullah, seems to have other plans.
Meanwhile, civil violence threatens the city of Lahore, and Mariana finds herself entangled in a murderous British plot.
A Beggar at the Gate was published in the UK and the US in 2004.
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