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.
| ISBN: | 9780141009728 |
| Publication date: | 7th July 2005 |
| Author: | Lucy Moore |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 384 pages |
| Genres: |
Biography: historical, political and military Social and cultural history Collected biographies |
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.
Maharanis features in the following genres: Biography: historical, political and military, Social and cultural history, Collected biographies
Maharanis is available in Ebook, Paperback
Maharanis was written by Lucy Moore and published by Penguin Books Ltd
Maharanis has 384 pages
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