The Faraway Drums is a 1981 novel written by Australian author Jon Cleary about an American journalist and British intelligence officer who try to stop the assassination of King George V at the 1911 Delhi Durbar. Film rights were sold but abandoned after it was realised how much an adaptation would cost.Jon Cleary Interviewed by Stephen Vagg: Oral History at National Film and Sound Archive
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External links The Faraway Drums at AustLit (subscription required)