Beneath a marble sky a love story
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...
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New American Library,
2004.
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| 003 | OCoLC | ||
| 005 | 20150326104100.0 | ||
| 008 | 060601s2004 nyu 000 1 eng | ||
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| 100 | 1 | |a Shors, John, |d 1969- | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Beneath a marble sky : |b a love story / |c John Shors. |
| 260 | |a New York : |b New American Library, |c 2004. | ||
| 300 | |a 344 p. ; |c 22 cm. | ||
| 520 | 0 | |a 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--from Amazon.com. | |
| 600 | 0 | 0 | |a Mumtaz Mahal, |c Empress, consort of Shahjahan, Emperor of India, |d d. 1631 |v Fiction. |
| 600 | 0 | 0 | |a Shahjahan, |c Emperor of India, |d ca. 1592-1666 |v Fiction. |
| 650 | 0 | |a Memorials |x Design and construction |v Fiction. | |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Jahanara, Begum, |d 1614-1680 |v Fiction. |
| 651 | 0 | |a India |x History |y 1526-1765 |v Fiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Taj Mahal (Agra, India) |v Fiction. | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Biographical fiction |z India. | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Historical fiction |z India. | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Love stories |z India. | |
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