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Indu Sundaresan
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I constructed a family tree for the Mughal kings of India (dynasty ruled 1526-1858) and the Persian immigrant family of Ghias Beg who fled his homeland in 1577.
Ghias's daughter, Mehrunnisa became the most powerful woman of the Mughal dynasty (The Twentieth Wife; The Feast of Roses). His granddaughter, Empress Mumtaz Mahal had the Taj Mahal built for her. His great-granddaughter, Princess Jahana... read more »
Ghias's daughter, Mehrunnisa became the most powerful woman of the Mughal dynasty (The Twentieth Wife; The Feast of Roses). His granddaughter, Empress Mumtaz Mahal had the Taj Mahal built for her. His great-granddaughter, Princess Jahana... read more »
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The Twentieth Wife
  401 avg rating — 3550 ratings
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2002
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23 editions
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The Feast of Roses
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2002
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15 editions
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The Splendor of Silence
366 avg rating — 519 ratings
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2006
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19 editions
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Shadow Princess: A Novel
356 avg rating — 342 ratings
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2010
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14 editions
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In the Convent of Little Flowers
364 avg rating — 170 ratings
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2008
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4 editions
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La Splendeur du Silence
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Hotel Angeline: A Novel in 36 Voices
by Elizabeth George, Kathleen Alcal, Erica Bauermeister (Goodreads Author) 313 avg rating — 109 ratings
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2011
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7 editions
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Indu Sundaresan
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The Story in History, or how to weave history through the fabric of fiction
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September 17, 2011 01:45PM
location: Atlanta Writers Club Meeting, Georgia Perimeter College, 2101 Womack Road, Building N-C, Auditorium C-1100, Dunwoody, GA, The United States description: Internationally bestselling author, Indu Sundaresan, will speak on the background and research for her historical novels, especially the Taj Mahal trilogy novels, (The Twentieth Wife; The Feast of Roses; Shadow Princess) based in India in the 17th Century. Indu will talk of her sources—what is fact, what fiction, and what gossip in the bazaars—and show slides of the existing tombs, monuments and palaces of Mughal India which have inspired and influenced her work. |
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“No, no, don’t touch your mother just before the baby is born. Now it will be a girl child, because you are one. Run along now. Take your evil eye with you.”
“Ghias, we must be careful not to teach the girls too much. How will they ever find husbands if they are too learned? The less they know, the less they will want of the outside world.”
― Indu Sundaresan, The Twentieth Wife
“Ghias, we must be careful not to teach the girls too much. How will they ever find husbands if they are too learned? The less they know, the less they will want of the outside world.”
― Indu Sundaresan, The Twentieth Wife
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