A magnificent romantic/historical fiction/adventure novel set in india at the time of mutiny. The Far Pavilions is a story of 19th century india, when the thin patina of English rule held down dangerously turbulent under...A magnificent romantic/historical fiction/adventure novel set in india at the time of mutiny. The Far Pavilions is a story of 19th century india, when the thin patina of English rule held down dangerously turbulent undercurrents. It is a story about and English man - ashton pelham-martyn - brought up as a hindu and his passionate, but dangerous love for an indian princess.