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La Principessa Indiana (2010)

by Indu Sundaresan(Favorite Author)

3.67 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

8820048949 (ISBN13: 9788820048945)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Sperling & Kupfer

series

Taj Mahal Trilogy

review 1: Indu Sundaresan does a fantastic job again, but its true that you can't help comapring it to the earlier two books in the Taj Series. There is just something about the character of Nur Jahan that captures you in those books. Even in Shadow Princess, one of the main highlights for me is the brief scene where Nur Jahan makes an appearance. It felt like meeting an old friend after a long time.Shadow Princess is a great book but gets a 4 from me only in comparison to The Twentieth Wife and Feat of Roses.
review 2: Positives: To begin with the literature review for this book is thorough and great. Every chapter begins with lines from the books where the facts are picked up from, that creates and impact on which the author further builds on with her amazingly smooth ... morestory telling skills. The use of appropriate terminology is the most important and commendable part, which certain writers now a days have chosen to not do, trying to be cool with the current generation, but to me either its lack of knowledge or an unthoughtful decision. I always believe that the most important part of any book is its ability to drown its reader into the story, this is more challenging for the story set in ancient times. Terminology is a very powerful tool here and Indu Sunderesan utilises it well. What is outstanding is how immensely and without partiality she portrayed each character. Aurangzeb had a soft side and deep admiration for Jahanara. Though a ruthless king as we know about him, some situations that made him so are well described. This book though has a lot of fiction but fills in the gaps by writing about significant characters that have been lost to history.Summing it all, this was one book I lived through. Brilliant. Waiting to read all the books by the author.Negatives: NoneThe Verdict: A not to miss book. A must read. 5 stars on 5. less

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