The Twentieth Wife
Format: audiobook
ISBN:
9780786166480 (0786166487)
Publish date: February 1st 2013
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Cultural,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Historical Romance,
India,
Asian Literature,
Indian Literature,
Asia
Series: Taj Mahal Trilogy (#1)
So I knew absolutely nothing about Mehrunnisa before reading this book. I didn’t even know that her niece was the woman the Taj Mahal was built for. Thanks to this book, I know want to know more about Mehrunnisa. If one is looking at this book objectively, there i...
I have listened to the entire audiobook.ME, I deserve four stars for doing this, but I award the book only two.I think it proper to award two stars rather than one simply because I did learn about the Mughal Empire – historical facts, customs and way of life. ****************************** I have ...
I was recommended this by a friend, who I will be forever grateful towards, because this is a fantastic book that I otherwise might not have come across. It is set in 16th and 17th Century India whist under the rule of the Mughal Empire. I do not know a great deal about this period of history and so...
Every so often, you'll find a gem in the bargain books section of a bookstore. So it was with The Twentieth Wife by Indu Sundaresan, a novel based on actual events in the history of the Mughal Empire of India.::: The Plot :::Ghias Beg flees from Persia after his father's estates revert to the govern...
I first read this book when it came out in 2003. The copy in the library was nice and fresh and just waiting to be cracked open. I fell in love from the first page. Over the years, I still had beautiful images from the book playing in my head. When asked to recommend a book this was usually my top p...
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