![]() ![]() It is cold and pouring with rain, yet despite his exhaustion he manages to reach his destination and place the two children he is carrying into the safety of their grandmother, Aryami Bose, before heading back out to face his destiny… and certain doom.Īryami Bose immediately places one of the children – Ben – into the care of Thomas Carter, who runs St Patrick’s orphanage, before fleeing the city with the second child, Sheere. The story begins with a man named Lieutenant Peake fleeing from three men led by a shadowy figure known only as Jawahal. ![]() But, as Ben used to tell me, the best place to start a story is at the beginning… I’ll never forget the fear on the faces of my friends the night it snowed in Calcutta. ![]() It is May 1916 and an exhausted man is being pursued through the dark streets of Calcutta, sheltering two newborn babies beneath his jacket… Originally published in 1994 as El Palacio de la Medianoche, this new edition from Orion books – available both as a young adult edition and in a collector’s adult edition – has been faithfully translated into English by Lucia Graves. The Midnight Palace is a novel written for young adults by Spanish novelist Carlos Ruiz Zafón. ![]()
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