Survivors include his wife, a son, a daughter, a stepson, a stepdaughter, and a brother. He was a founder of the Santa Fe Chili and Marching Society. Masters was a professional soldier of the Indian Army until 1947 and has novels such as Bohawni Junction to his credit. Other works included the autobiographical 'Road Past Mandalay,' and 'Bugles and a Tiger.' He once noted that although most of his work was fiction, 'I hope my writing is also a work of history, because I have tried to give a feel of the times and a sense of historical perspective.' 'Coromandel' was another of his better-known works. 'The Deceivers' was based on the Hindu murder cult called thuggee. He wrote nearly two dozen books that displayed his intimate knowledge of India. 'Bhowani Junction,' which became a film starring Stewart Granger and Ava Gardner, dealt with the period just before the Indian emancipation in 1947. 'Night Runners of Bengal' was based on the Sepoy mutiny of 1857 in India. The road past Mandalay : a personal narrative by Masters, John, 1914-1983. He taught for a time at Sandhurst, then came to this country in the late 1940s. At the age of 33, he attained the rank of brigadier. After the war, he served for a time in the Indian Army, with active service on the Northwest Frontier. Rating details 4. He left the Army after the war to pursue a very profitable career as a novelist. He was an officer in the British Army during World War II, serving in Burma, Iran and Iraq. John Masters was commissioned into the Gurkha Rifles on the eve of the Second World War and rose to command one of the Chindit columns fighting behind the lines against the Japanese in Burma. Masters was born in Calcutta, India, and was a graduate of the Royal Military College at Sandhurst.

He had lived in Santa Fe, N.M., for the past 14 years. The Road Past Mandalay John Masters 4. The Road Past Mandalay - Cassell Military Paperbacks.

John Masters, 68, the noted author whose works concerning life in India under the Raj include 'Bhowani Junction' and 'Night Runners of Bengal,' died May 7 in a hospital here after surgery for a heart ailment. This is the second part of John Masters autobiography: how he fought with his Gurkha regiment.

The Road Past Mandalay by John Masters