| The Faraway Drums | |
| Author: | Jon Cleary |
| Country: | Australia |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | Collins (UK) William Morrow (US) |
| Release Date: | 1981 (UK), 1982 (US) |
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.[1]