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Editorial Reviews. Amazon.com Review. In The Twentieth Wife, first-time novelist Indu Sundaresan introduces readers to life inside a bejeweled, dazzling birdcage--the world of the Mughal Court's zenana, or imperial harem. Her heroine exercises power in the only way available to a woman in 17th-century India: from
Editorial Reviews. Amazon.com Review. In The Twentieth Wife, first-time novelist Indu Sundaresan introduces readers to life inside a bejeweled, dazzling birdcage--the world of the Mughal Court's zenana, or imperial harem. Her heroine exercises power in the only way available to a woman in 17th-century India: from
The Twentieth Wife by Indu Sundaresan - An enchanting seventeenth-century epic of grand passion and adventure, this debut novel tells the captivating story of
10 Dec 2009 Twentieth Wife by Indu Sundaresan; 6 editions; First published in 2002; Subjects: In library, Taj Mahal (Agra, India), Accessible book, Fiction, Protected DAISY, Empresses, History; Places: India, Taj Mahal (Agra, India); People: Nur Jahan Empress, consort of Jahangir, Emperor of Hindustan (d. 1645)
Nur Jahan was the eighteenth (or twentieth) wife of the Mughal Emperor Jahangi (father of Shah Jahan who built the Taj Mahal). In all improbable contrast to the expectations of her position, she rose to de facto control of the empire. She had signatory power over edicts, coinage struck in her name, and conducted
An enchanting seventeenth-century epic of grand passion and adventure, this debut novel tells the captivating story of one of India's most legendary and controversial empresses -- a woman whose brilliance and determination trumped myriad obstacles, and whose love shaped the course of the Mughal empire. She came
3 Oct 2017 Emperor Akbar though old still rules, India, however, his heir craves the throne, Jahangir and above all else he craves a Persian girl despite her low standing
An enchanting seventeenth-century epic of grand passion and adventure, this debut novel tells the captivating story of one of India's most legendary and controversial empresses -- a woman whose brilliance and determination trumped myriad obstacles, and whose love shaped the course of the Mughal empire. She came
Thirty-four years later, this winter child will become an Emperor's wife and the most powerful woman in that Mughal dynasty. Mehrunnisa is The Twentieth Wife of Emperor Jahangir, Akbar's son, a woman so beloved of her husband that he grants her most of the powers of sovereignty. She signs on imperial documents called
Internationally bestselling author Indu Sundaresan's “Taj Trilogy," now available as an ebook boxed set, features three of her most critically acclaimed novels transporting readers back in time to India's renowned Mughal Empire. THE TWENTIETH WIFE: An enchanting historical epic of grand passion and adventure, this

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