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Farzana : the woman who saved an empire /
Amongst the riches of 19th century India, as the British fought their way across Mughal territory, an orphaned street-girl is brought to court to perform for the Emperor. That girl was Farzana, and she would become a courtesan, a leader of armies, a treasured defender of the last Mughal emperor and...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
I.B. Tauris,
2014.
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| Edición: | New edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Amongst the riches of 19th century India, as the British fought their way across Mughal territory, an orphaned street-girl is brought to court to perform for the Emperor. That girl was Farzana, and she would become a courtesan, a leader of armies, a treasured defender of the last Mughal emperor and the head of one of the most legendary courts in history. In this beautifully written book, the author's last, Julia Keay weaves a story which spans the Indian continent and the end of a golden era in Indian history, the story of a nobody who became a teenage seductress and died one of the richest an. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 338 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780857735690 0857735691 |