Asoka's Alibi

Complete and unabridged, with 57 full-page plates by Eugène Fromentin, John Frederick Lewis and Edwin Lord Weeks. Asoka is the tallest elephant in captivity, and only Quorn, an ex-taxi-driver from Philadelphia, can manage him. In the princely state of Narada, close to Rajputana, carnival month is the one time of year the town lets itself go mad, and palace intrigue in the Ranee's household, the ol...