A review by megelsewhere
The Far Pavilions by M.M. Kaye

5.0

This book is classic adventure/travel/historical fiction/romance (not the kind with the flowing locks and frilly men-shirts and naughty sections, though). It's her best book, and even after having read it three times, I get caught up in every bit of it. Inspires those dumb cover blurbs like "sweeps you away" but it always leaves me breathless.