by Indu Sundaresan · LIVRE DE POCHE · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782253108726
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«La Vingtième Épouse» is the historical novel by Indu Sundaresan, published by Le Livre de Poche in paperback (445 pages, in French).
Mehrunnisa, daughter of a Persian exile, enters the court of the Mughal emperor Akbar and as a child meets Salim, heir to the throne, with whom she falls in love. To marry him, she must navigate intrigues, betrayals and conventions, in a story of romance and ambition that recreates the splendour of the Mughal Empire.
First instalment of the Taj Mahal trilogy; originally published in English as «The Twentieth Wife».
For readers of historical fiction, period romances and fiction set in Mughal India.
Indu Sundaresan is an Indian-American author of historical fiction.
