The Mirror of Beauty: The Mirror of Beauty

by Shamsur Rahman Faruqi

Book Overview

It is the sunset of the Mughal Empire. The splendour of imperial Delhi flares one last time. The young daughter of a craftsman in the city elopes with an officer of the East India Company. And so we are drawn into the story of Wazir Khanam: a dazzlingly beautiful and fiercely independent woman who takes a series of lovers, including a Navab and a Mughal prince--and whom history remembers as the mother of the famous poet Dagh. But it is not just one...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670086754
• ISBN13: 9780670086757
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Penguin Global
• Length: 984 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher