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Indu sundaresan, born and raised in india, came to the united states for graduate school. The twentieth wife tells the story of indias controversial empress, mehrunissa, who later became known as empress nur jahan of the mughal empire. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 380 pages and is available in paperback format. She is the author of the twentieth wife, the feast of roses, splendor of silence, in the convent of little flowers, shadow princess, and the mountain of light. The love story of emperor jahangir and mehrunnisa, begun in the critically praised debut novel the twentieth wife, continues in indu sundaresan s lush second novel, the feast of roses. In indu sundaresans lush historical romance, the twentieth wife, we read of mumtaz mahals aunt, mehrunnisa, a woman known to indian history as nur. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the twentieth wife. Just like maria in sound of music, mehrunnisa is both mischievous and honest, revolutionary as well as dutiful.
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She continues mehrunnisas tale in the feast of roses, forthcoming from atria books. All books are in clear copy here, and all files are secure so dont worry about it. Indu sundaresan like most authors today has a masters degree from the us. Mehrunnisa would later become famous as empress nur jahan. The taj mahal was actually built in memory of nur jahans. The twentieth wife by indu sundaresan book read online scribd. In the twentieth wife, indian author indu sundaresan introduces us to mehrunissa, later known as the empress nur jahan. Feeling bold, i contacted indu who graciously agreed to appear on a writer of history. Indu is also the recipient of the light of india award for excellence in literature.
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This story of seventeenth century mughal india is the first in a trilogy of novels describing the history behind the construction of the taj mahal. The twentieth wife indu sundaresan the storytellers. Nur jahan, empress, consort of jahangir, emperor of hindustan, d. The mountain of light by indu sundaresan, totally captivated me.
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