Hands down, one of the most annoying pieces of writing I read this year. I really wanted to get swept up in the story, but the writer was too busy with all the details except the character development. Could Maherunnisa and Jahangir be so love sick all the time? I hope not. After all, they weren't teenagers throughout the entire book. There were also some other cultural inaccuracies that I just couldn't get past. I find it really hard to believe Jahangir courted her the way Sundaresan described. It just seemed too Western. I'm Indian and Muslim, so there were just some inconsistencies in the way she described the culture.
Anyways, I wouldn't recommend this and am not planning on reading the sequel. What could it possibly be about? More love sickness, an alcholic ruler, and his wife who rules behind the purdah? A Mughal India that sounds so much like Woodrow Wilson's presidency (I know he wasn't an alcoholic, but he was incapacitated). I think I'll pass.
Major Themes:
Endurance of love
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