by Mourad · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782253161745
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«Dans la ville d'or et d'argent» is the historical novel by Kenizé Mourad, in a 2012 paperback edition (504 pages, in French).
Set in India in 1856, the novel recounts the annexation of the kingdom of Awadh by the British East India Company and the rebellion that erupts in Lucknow, 'the city of gold and silver'. Hazrat Mahal, fourth wife of the exiled king, leads the resistance with Raja Jai Lal and the sepoys, in a story of struggle, loyalty and love.
The work was originally published in 2010; the present French edition is from 2012 and comprises 504 pages.
For readers of historical fiction interested in colonial India and for those who want to practise French with a narrative featuring a female protagonist.
