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Maharanis: The Extraordinary Tale of Four Indian Queens and Their Journey from Purdah to Parliament

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A rare, exotic portrait of the matriarchs of a brilliant Indian family

Ranging from the final days of the Raj and the British Empire to the present, Lucy Moore vividly re-creates a splendid lost world and describes India's national growing pains through the sumptuous, audacious lives of four ravishing, influential women of the same family- Sunity Devi, friend to Queen Victoria; Chimnabai, fierce nationalist; Indira, her flamboyant daughter; and Ayesha, her equally fashionable daughter- who fought tirelessly and with incomparable grace to turn an ancient tradition of noblesse oblige into a progressive democracy.

Pages: 384

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Penguin Books

Release: June 27, 2006

ISBN: 0143037048

ISBN 13: 9780143037040

Maharanis: The Extraordinary Tale of Four Indian Queens and Their Journey from Purdah to Parliament

3.8/5 ( ratings)

A rare, exotic portrait of the matriarchs of a brilliant Indian family

Ranging from the final days of the Raj and the British Empire to the present, Lucy Moore vividly re-creates a splendid lost world and describes India's national growing pains through the sumptuous, audacious lives of four ravishing, influential women of the same family- Sunity Devi, friend to Queen Victoria; Chimnabai, fierce nationalist; Indira, her flamboyant daughter; and Ayesha, her equally fashionable daughter- who fought tirelessly and with incomparable grace to turn an ancient tradition of noblesse oblige into a progressive democracy.

Pages: 384

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Penguin Books

Release: June 27, 2006

ISBN: 0143037048

ISBN 13: 9780143037040

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