M. M. Kaye

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Mary Margaret Kaye (August 21, 1908 - January 29, 2004) was a British writer. Her most famous book was The Far Pavilions (1978).

Autobiography: Share of Summer - 14 covers

    Part 1: The Sun In The Morning [1990]
    Part 2: Golden Afternoon [1997]
    Part 3: Enchanted Evening [1999]

Historical Novels

    The Far Pavilions [1978] - 58 covers  1  2  3
    Shadow of the Moon [1957, revised in 1979] - 41 covers  1  2  3
    Trade Wind [1963, revised in 1981] - 27 covers  1  2

Suspense Novels: The Death in... Series

    Death in the Andamans (originally published as Night on the Island) [1960]
         [revised in 1985] - 16 covers
    Death in Berlin (originally published as Death Walked in Berlin) [1955]
         [revised in 1985] - 17 covers
    Death in Cyprus (originally published as Death Walked in Cyprus) [1956]
         [revised in 1984] - 18 covers
    Death in Kashmir (originally published as Death Walked in Kashmir) [1953]
         [revised in 1984] - 19 covers  
    Death in Kenya (originally published as Later Than You Think [1958]
         and It's Later Than You Think) [1960]  
         [revised in 1983] - 25 covers 1 2
    Death in Zanzibar (originally published as The House of Shade) [1959]
         [revised in 1983] - 21covers
    Death in... Omnibus Editions - 7 covers

Other Novels

    Six Bars at Seven [1940] - writing as Mollie Kaye **M M Kaye's first novel!**
    Strange Island [1944] - writing as Mollie Kaye (original version of Night on the Island)
    Wound of Spring [1961, unpublished]

Children's Stories - 17 covers CLICK ON BOOK TITLE FOR SYNOPSIS

    Black Bramble Wood [1938] - writing as Mollie Kaye, illustrated by Margaret Tempest
    Gold Gorse Common [1945] - writing as Mollie Kaye, illustrated by Margaret Tempest
    Ordinary Princess [1980] - written and illustrated by M M Kaye
    Potter Pinner Meadow [1937] - writing as Mollie Kaye, illustrated by Margaret Tempest
    Thistledown [1981] - written and illustrated by M M Kaye
    Willow Witches Brook [1944] - writing as Mollie Kaye, illustrated by Margaret Tempest

Children's Stories Illustrated (but not written) by M M Kaye Adventures in a Caravan by Mrs A C Osborn [1950] - Book cover + 13 illustrations

    with 20 black and white illustrations by Mollie Kaye

Children of Galilee by Lydia S Eliott [1950] - Book cover + 10 illustrations

    with 15 black and white illustrations by Mollie Kaye

The Cranstons at Sandly Bay by Phyllis I Norris [1949] - Book cover + 4 illustrations

    with 4 black and white illustrations by Mollie Kaye

The Story of Saint Francis of Assisi by E W Grierson [1950] - Book cover + 6 illustrations

    with 6 black and white illustrations by Mollie Kaye

The Two Pins by C B Poultney [1949] - Book cover + 10 illustrations

     with 17 black and white illustrations by Mollie Kaye

Radio Plays

    England Awakes - a one act play, broadcast on All India Radio c1940
    A series of playlets based on the war news - broadcast on All India Radio c1940

Books Edited or Introduced by M M Kaye - 12 covers

    Complete Verse by Rudyard Kipling [1990]
    Costumes and Characters of the British Raj [1982] by Evelyn Battye
    Golden Calm by Emily, Lady Clive Bayley and Sir Thomas Metcalfe [1980]
    Making of The Jewel in the Crown [1983] Various contributors including M M Kaye
    Moon of Other Days - Selected Verses by Rudyard Kipling [1988]
         (including sketches and watercolours by M M Kaye)
    Original Letters from India: 1779-1815 by Eliza Fay [1986]
    Picking Up Gold & Silver - Selected Short Stories by Rudyard Kipling [1989]
    Simla - The Summer Capital of British India by Raja Bhasin [1992]

Far Pavilions Picture Book [1979] - 2 covers

    Sketches (10) and Watercolours (5) by M M Kaye

Television Series FAR PAVILIONS [1984] [Also released in cinemas as Blade of Steel] [Transmitted in the UK by Channel 4 on 3 Jan 1984, 8 Oct 1985 and 7 Feb 1988]

    Movie Posters (4), Photographs (14), Magazine Covers (1)
    Video and DVD Covers (9), Soundtrack (1)

ORDINARY PRINCESS [1984] [Transmitted in the UK by the BBC as part of its weekly Jackanory series for children]