Jahangir: An Intimate Portrait of a Great Mughal
Jahangir: An Intimate Portrait of a Great Mughal
Parvati Sharma
- Language: English
- Paperback: 344 pages
- ISBN-10: 9353450950
- ISBN-13: 978-9353450953
Jahangir was perhaps the most fascinating, and most underestimated, of the Mughal emperors. This compelling, beautifully written biography reveals him to be more than just a great lover of art and nature, ruling alongside his powerful wife Nur Jahan – he was also a man of perceptive intelligence, an ambitious prince and a successful emperor, and a highly gifted writer.
Jahangir was perhaps the most fascinating, and most underestimated, of the Mughal emperors. This compelling, beautifully written biography reveals him to be more than just a great lover of art and nature, ruling alongside his powerful wife Nur Jahan – he was also a man of perceptive intelligence, an ambitious prince and a successful emperor, and a highly gifted writer.
Author Bios:
Parvati Sharma’s debut, The Dead Camel and Other Stories of Love, earned her a cult following for its depictions of love and sexuality in urban India, and its ‘lightness [and] lucidity’. Her novella, Close to Home, was acclaimed as ‘tender, acute and pulsing with real Indian life’. She has also written a book for children, The Story of Babur. Sharma lives in New Delhi, where she has studied English literature and Indian history, and worked as a travel writer, editor and journalist.
Parvati Sharma’s debut, The Dead Camel and Other Stories of Love, earned her a cult following for its depictions of love and sexuality in urban India, and its ‘lightness [and] lucidity’. Her novella, Close to Home, was acclaimed as ‘tender, acute and pulsing with real Indian life’. She has also written a book for children, The Story of Babur. Sharma lives in New Delhi, where she has studied English literature and Indian history, and worked as a travel writer, editor and journalist.
