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Robert Laffont
EAN : 9782221095249
Shaping : BROCHE
Pages : 400
Size : 153 x 240 mm
In the City of Gold and Silver

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Release date : 07/10/2010

 Nearly 25 years after the international bestselling De la part de la princesse morte (over 1 million copies sold in France, translated into 30 languages), Kenizé Mourad offers a new epic and passionate novel about the true story of an exceptional woman during an extraordinary...

 Nearly 25 years after the international bestselling De la part de la princesse morte (over 1 million copies sold in France, translated into 30 languages), Kenizé Mourad offers a new epic and passionate novel about the true story of an exceptional woman during an extraordinary moment in history.

Almost an entire century before India gained its independence from Britain, one woman – Begum Hazrat Mahal – dares to stand up to the all-powerful British Empire.

She does so in 1856, after the British decided to annex the immensely wealthy state of Awadh, and its King, Wajid Ali Shah, left never to return.

As the King’s fourth wife and mother to his son, Hazrat Mahal leads the people’s uprising against the British’s unwelcome presence. Along side the loyal rajah Jai Lal and with the help of the Cipay, the Indian soldiers who were once members of the British army now rallied to her cause, Hazrat Mahal embodies the resistance movement for two years. Her wisdom, integrity and courage allow this once orphan, now queen to lead India on its first step towards independence.


“Kenizé Mourad has an exceptional sense of historic reconstitution, sustained by her years as a journalist. Moreover, she has the deft talent of a novelist and a vision of the world. […] Kenizé Mourad inherited the art of conquering hearts from her ancestors.”

-- Le Nouvel Observateur

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EAN : 9782221095249
Shaping : BROCHE
Pages : 400
Size : 153 x 240 mm
Robert Laffont