Thunder at Sunset
By John Masters
The Queendom of Mingora, South-East Asia, 1950s.
An ancient state long linked by treaty of protection to the British Crown.
Brigadier David Jones is the new officer commanding British forces in Mingora, at what proves to be a time of acute crisis.
Does David’s duty lie to his civil superiors-immediately to Sidney Wilson, the Resident-or to the people of Mingora ?
And how far is his vision of his duty clouded by Princess Kumara, the heir to the throne, with whom he has fallen deeply in love?