by Kenizé Mourad · Tapa dura · ISBN 9788854127272
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«La principessa ribelle» is the historical novel by Kenizé Mourad published by Newton Compton in 2011 in hardback (330 pages, in Italian).
In 1856, the East India Company dethroned the King of Awadh and occupied Lucknow, the city of gold and silver. Hazrat Mahal, fourth wife of the monarch, led the revolt to restore him to the throne, supported by Jai Lal and the sepoys. The novel narrates her struggle against British rule and the love that grows between her and Jai Lal.
The subtitle of the work is «La lotta appassionata e coraggiosa di una donna nell'India dell'Ottocento».
For readers of historical fiction and fiction set in colonial India.
Kenizé Hussain de Kotwara, generally known as Kenizé Mourad, is a French journalist and novelist. Until 1983, she was a reporter for the Nouvel Observateur working in the Middle East. She then turned to literature, publishing the international best-seller De la part de la princesse morte in 1987 which told the story of her family. Les jardins de Badalpour, further documenting her family history, followed in 1998.
