The Life of a Mogul Princess Jahānarā Begam, Daughter of Shāhjahān
- Collection : The Library of W.G. Tremewan
- Publisher : George Routledge & Sons
- Published In : London
- Illustrations : portrait frontis, 16 b/w plates
Description:
1st edition. Scarce. With a preface by Laurence Binyon. Vignettes on the binding are by Professor G. Morgenstierne. Supposedly a translation of an autobiographical Persian manuscript written by Jahanara Begam, daughter of Shah Jahan.
'Is there in all history a chapter more full of fascinating interest … than the story of the Moguls in India? … The story culminates in the closing years of Shah Jahan [who built the Taj Mahal as a tomb for his beloved], when his sons … rose against him. … It is into the heart of this most dramatic crisis that Madame Butenschön takes us. In choosing the tragic story of Jahanara, the elder daughter of Shah Jahan, she is able to picture to us the succession of terrible events from within. … Madame Butenschön communicates to her readers the storms that shake the heart of the heroine. (From the 'Preface').
Condition
8vo, orig. black cloth, gt stamped vignettes to front board, minor rubbing to extremities, corners slightly bumped, very light spotting to fore-edge. A very good copy of a rare and fascinating historical novel.
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