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In indu sundaresans lush historical romance, the twentieth wife, we read of mumtaz mahals aunt, mehrunnisa, a woman known to indian history as nur jahan. Internet archive contributor internet archive language english. Indu sundaresan was born in india and came to the us for graduate school at the university of delaware. In indu sundaresans lush historical romance, the twentieth wife, we read of mumtaz mahals aunt, mehrunnisa, a woman known to indian history as nur. Her first novel the twentieth wife is about how a young widow named. Even in shadow princess, one of the main highlights for. Topics india, empire, mughals, emperor, empress, princess, europe. Firsttime novelist indu sundaresan charts her heroines enthralling journey across the years, from an illfated first. There is just something about the character of nur jahan that captures you in those books. Ive been asked about writing about the other mughal kings, especially aurangazeb, and i did expand ruqqayas character quite amore thank you, supreya.
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