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Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Beginning in 1627, Princess Jahanara, first daughter of Shah Jahan of India's Mogul Dynasty, writes in her diary about political intrigues, weddings, battles, and other experiences of her life. Includes historical notes on Jahanara's later life and on the Mogul Empire.
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Merlin missions volume 17
Language
English
Formats
Description
The magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie to India during the Mogul Empire in the 1600s to search for an emerald needed to break a magic spell.
Author
Series
Taj Mahal trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
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Based on the life of an actual empress of the Mughal empire, the woman for whom the Taj Mahal was built, "The Twentieth Wife" blends historical reality with the rich imaginings of a fairy tale, providing a fascinating portrait of one woman's defiant life behind the veil.
Author
Series
Taj Mahal trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Washington Square Press
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
When clever and ambitious Mehrunnisa boosts her status from twentieth wife in the emperor's harem to Empress, she must contend with the greed, love, power and bitter rivalries that go along with it.
Author
Publisher
McPherson & Company
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
In 1632, the Emperor of Hindustan, consumed by grief over the death of his wife, Mumtaz Mahal, ordered the building of a grand mausoleum to symbolize the greatness of their love. Against scenes of unimaginable wealth and power, there were murderous sibling rivalries and cruel despotism. In Beneath a Marble Sky, Princess Jahanara tells the story of how the Taj Mahal came to be, and describes her own life as an agent in its creation and as a witness...
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"When Thomas Roe arrived in India in 1616 as James I's first ambassador to the Mughal Empire, the English barely had a toehold in the subcontinent. Their understanding of South Asian trade and India was sketchy at best, and, to the Mughals, they were minor players on a very large stage. Roe represented a kingdom that was beset by financial woes and deeply conflicted about its identity as a unified 'Great Britain' under the Stuart monarchy. Meanwhile,...
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