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Shadow Princess: A Novel
by Indu Sundaresan

Published: 2010-03-23
Hardcover : 352 pages
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In Shadow Princess, Indu Sundaresan picks up where she left off in The Twentieth Wife and The Feast of Roses, returning to seventeenth-century India a few years after Mehrunnisa's death, as two royal princesses struggle for power.

The daughters of the emperor, Jahangir and Roshanara, ...

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In Shadow Princess, Indu Sundaresan picks up where she left off in The Twentieth Wife and The Feast of Roses, returning to seventeenth-century India a few years after Mehrunnisa's death, as two royal princesses struggle for power.

The daughters of the emperor, Jahangir and Roshanara, conspire and scheme against one another in an attempt to gain power over their father's harem. As royal princesses, they are confined in the imperial harem and not allowed to marry. However, this does not stop them from having illicit affairs or plotting who will be the next heir to the throne.

These royal sisters are in competition for everything: control over the harem, their father's affection, and the future of their country. Unfortunately, only one of them can succeed. And despite their best efforts to affect the future, their schemes are eclipsed, both during their lives and in posterity, as they live in the shadow of the greatest monument in Indian history, the Taj Mahal.

With a flair and enthusiasm for history and culture, Sundaresan creates a story full of rich details that brings the reader deep into the world of the lives of Indian women and their struggles for power and the profound history of the Taj Mahal, one of the most celebrated works of architecture in the world.

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Rich Foods Mughal Period
by hijewels (see profile) 03/30/10
As the story takes place during Shah Jahan's reign as Emperor of India, it would be fun to serve rich and delicious Indian foods of that time period: marinated chicken, Indian sweets, variety of vegetable dishes. I would recommend it to book clubs, though I think the book makes more sense read in order of the trilogy.

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  "Loved it."by Linda W. (see profile) 10/31/11

I really like historical fiction and was so interested in India during the time of the building of the Taj Mahal. Politics, murder, romance....

 
  "The story behind the story of the Taj Mahal..."by Delia P. (see profile) 03/30/10

Being a huge fan of the Twentieth Wife and Feast of Roses, I could not wait for the last of the trilogy, Shadow Princess to be released. And the book met my expectations above and beyond! ... (read more)

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