After her mother vanishes from their indigo plantation in Bengal, four-year-old Francina Duquesne is sent to live with her aunt in the Channel Islands. But as she grows up in that close-knit community, rumours about her mother fester, and Francina knows that without fortune or status she has a bleak future. So when she receives an invitation to return to India, she grasps the chance to start a new life where no one knows her...

India 1856... clouds of unrest gather, the memsahibs struggle to bring up their children and keep up appearances. On the indigo plantations, a stranger is welcomed with open arms.

'The tension builds to a gripping, unputdownable read. So haunting, the story became my own experience -- I suffered the isolation and wilted during those hot Indian days and nights. Brilliantly realised, vividly written, meticulously researched. This enthralling novel engages the reader in a stimulating exploration of the perennial themes of sexual, social and political power.' RUTH MANNION-DANIELS The Patrick O'Brian Society

'Engaging and very thrilling. Richly evocative of life in Guernsey and India in early Victorian times. It was a wrench to leave that world'. GWEN RITTER

'I sense that 'Fragments of Indigo' is going to become one of our favourite novels from this period. The character of Francina, from small abandoned child to young lady searching for love and self-fulfilment is as sensitively portrayed as Brontë's Jane Eyre.' OLIVIA LYBBE-SIMMS

The inspiration for Fragments of Indigo was a letter found in an old tin trunk. The letter, written in 1855, was sent from a mother to her daughter, and between the lines were hints of intrigue and scandal, events too delicate to divulge in early Victorian society. Her curiosity roused, Marie-Louise delved deeper, and quickly realised that she had uncovered the ingredients for this novel. Fragments of Indigo is her interpretation of the story behind the letter.

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• Publication Date: March 21, 2016
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