Alice Albinia
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Alice Albinia

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Born in 1976, Alice Albinia read English Literature at Cambridge, and South Asian History at SOAS. In between, she worked for two years in Delhi as a journalist and editor. Empires of the Indus, won the Somerset Maugham Award, the Authors' Club Dolman Travel Award and the Jerwood/Royal Society of Literature Prize. She is also the author of Leela's Book.

Books by Alice Albinia
The Britannias
Alice Albinia

The story of Britain told through its islands - a personal journey through an ancient landscape

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Leela's Book
Alice Albinia

Shortlisted for the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award - a brilliantly playful and entertaining first novel, Leela's Book weaves a wonderful tale of family life in contemporary Delhi

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