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Loading... Maharanis: The Extraordinary Tale of Four Indian Queens and Their Journey from Purdah to Parliamentby Lucy Moore
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Not quite what I was expecting but an interesting read. ( ) This was an excellent book detailing the lives of Gayatri Devi, Maharani of Jaipur, and her mother, as well as both of her grandmothers. All were maharanis. The book evokes life in a bygone era. The stories of elephant rides through the jungles and grand ceremonies in which whole cities were involved are vividly told and are a feast for the mind. Mixed in with the history of these ladies is the history of India. It's a wonderful read. Hard to put down, in fact. Very highly recommended. A well written if tightly focused work. This book was a fascinating snapshot of a now lost era which left me with a profound feeling of nostalgia for something lost when I put it down. I would have liked more external context and history to help ground the narrative, but the story stands on its own as-is. no reviews | add a review
In Maharnis Lucy Moore brilliantly recreates the lives of four princesses - two grandmothers, a mother and a daughter - of the Royal courts of India. Their extraordinary story takes in tiger hunts, exotic palaces and lavish ceremonies in India, as well as the glamorous international scene of the Edwardian and interwar era. It is also an intimate portrait of four remarkable women - Chimnabai, Sunity, Indira and Ayesha - who changed the world they lived in. Through their lives Lucy Moore tells the history of a nation during an era of great change: the rise and fall of the Raj from the Indian Mutiny to Independence and beyond. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)954.03History and Geography Asia India and South Asia 1785–1947 British ruleLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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