Defiant Bride

by Jean Bothwell

In seventeenth-century India the romantic destiny of a seventeen-year-old Nomad girl is markedly changed when the powerful ruler Akbar decides to annex the hill country where her people wander.

160 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 1969

About the author

Jean Bothwell was a Nebraskan who spent many years as a Methodist missionary living and teaching history in India. A lover of history, she eventually settled in New York City and wrote over 50 books, many of them about the India she loved, other historical novels, and juvenile mysteries.