Beneath a Marble Sky
Beneath a Marble Sky
副标题: A Love Story
ISBN: 9780451218469
出版社: NAL Trade
出版年: 2006-6-6
页数: 344
定价: USD 14.00
装帧: Paperback
内容简介
Journey to dazzling seventeenth-century Hindustan, where the reigning emperor, consumed with grief over the tragic death of his beloved wife, commissions the building of the Taj Mahal as a testament to the marvel of their love. Princess Jahanara, their courageous daughter, recounts their mesmerizing tale, while sharing her own parallel tale of forbidden love with the celebrated architect of the Taj Mahal. This impressive novel sweeps readers away to a historical Hindustan brimming with action and intrigue in an era when, alongside the brutalities of war and oppression, architecture and the art of love and passion reached a pinnacle of perfection.