Amongst the riches of nineteenth century India, as the British fought their way across Mughal territory, an orphaned streetgirl ends up at court with the ear of the Emperor. That girl was Farzana, and she would become a courtesan, a leader of armies, a treasured defender of the last Mughal emperor and the head of one of the most legendary courts in history. In this beautifully written book, the author's last, Julia Keay weaves a story which spans the Indian continent and the end of a golden era in Indian history, the story of a nobody who became a teenage seductress and died one of the richest and most prominent women of her age. Farzana rode into battle atop a stallion, though only 4 1/2 feet tall, and led an army which defended a sickly Mughal Empire. She dabbled in witchcraft while gaining favour with the Pope, and died a favourite of the British Raj. Farzana is an evocative and moving depiction of one of the most remarkable, and least-known, historical lives of the nineteenth century.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-13
9781784530556
eBay Product ID (ePID)
208869964
Product Key Features
Book Title
Farzana: the Woman Who Saved an Empire
Author
Julia Keay
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
History
Publication Year
2014
Type
Textbook
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
216mm
Item Width
135mm
Item Weight
533g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Julia Keay
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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