In the City of Gold and Silver: The Story of Begum Hazrat Mahal - Softcover

Kenize Mourad

Softcover

ISBN 10: 8176212377 ISBN 13: 9788176212373

Publisher: Full Circle, 2013

Synopsis

Little known, little remembered, this is the story of Begum Ham( Mahal. The soul of the 1857 War of Independence; orphaned poetess of the Chowk; captivating wife of King Waiid Ali Shah of Awadh; the Rani offhansi's contemporary and soul sister: freedom fighter and misunderstood mother illicit lover and intrepid war leader she risked everything only ICI face the greatest betrayal of all... This is a salute to Hazsac Mahal a danling meteor in Indian history.

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Of Turkish and Indian descent, bestselling author Kenize mourad recounted the story of her family In her widely acclaimed novel Regards from the Dead Princess: Novel of a Life (Little, Brown & Co, 1989), which has been translated into 34 languages. As a Journalist, she wrote on issues relating to the middle East for the respected French weekly Le Nouvel Observateur Her other books are Le iardin de Badalpour (Fayard, 1998) and Le parfum de noire terre (Robert Laffont, 2003). Now her highly praised novel Dans la Wile a/ et d'argent, published in French and translated Into 8 languages, Including Italian, Spanish and German, has an English avatar - in the city of Gold and Silver The author currently lives between France and Turkey.
"Kenize lourad not only recounts the begum's complex story, she does it with confident, self-assured simplicity. Certain historical processes can be narrated and understood only through historical fiction. And Mourad knows her art." Ama re sh MI5 ra, hatcoan and author of zucknoti: Ire of Gaze: The Story of Its h'erass3nce, Revoltruan and Oe Aftermath "In the City of Gold and Silver is an ambitious novel that opens a unique window into a fraught and formative period in the history of the subcontinent. Kenize Mourad writeswith great feeling." H. M. Nagy', author of note eat %linnet of the ox faze fcr south Asian utreature, lot "Kenize's deep insights into Awadh's nobility take the reader to the mid-19th century. Decadence, intrigue, British guile and the counter attacks by Begun) Hazrat Mahal, the bourgeoisie and the people are evoked to make a gripping saga, somewhat forgotten by Indians today." Francis Wacz la rg. fcq roar of the Neemrana mtzb: EcunInon.

About this edition

• Publisher: Full Circle
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 8176212377
• ISBN 13: 9788176212373
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 437