Beneath a marble sky: a novel of the Taj Mahal
Histoire (romans), Intrigue amoureuse historique
Audio avec voix humaine
Résumé
India, 1632. The grieving Shah Jahan, Emperor of Hindustan, decides to build a grand mausoleum in memory of his beloved wife, now deceased. His daughter Jahanara becomes the court liaison to Isa, the architect of the Taj Mahal. Jahanara soon… finds herself caught among competing forces: her duty to her mother's memory; society's rigid strictures against women; family conflicts; a forbidden love; and a threat to the Islamic enlightenment of the Mughal Empire