In the City of Gold and Silver (e-book) (used book) | bookbook.eu

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Little known, little remembered, this is the story of Begum Hazrat Mahal.

The soul of the 1857 War of Independence; orphaned poetess of the Chowk; captivating wife of King Wajid Ali Shah of Awadh; the Rani of Jhansi's contemporary and soul sister; freedom fighter and misunderstood mother; illicit lover and intrepid war leader--she risked everything only to face the greatest betrayal of all...

This is a salute to Hazrat Mahal--a dazzling meteor in Indian history.

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Begum is a fitting subject for Kenizé Mourad, whose mother was a Turkish princess and father an Indian Raja. When Mourad’s mother moved to Paris in the company of a eunuch and died shortly after, the eunuch entrusted the child to the care of Catholic nuns. The nuns hid Mourad from her father, not wanting the child to be raised Muslim. Mourad only discovered her true identity and her parents’ tragic fate in her twenties. Her story is the subject of an autobiographical novel, Regards from the Dead Princess, to be published by Europa in 2015.