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Beneath a marble sky, narrated by princess jahanara, eldest daughter of shah jahan and mumtaz mahal, recounts their story, and her own as well, a parallel. He has won numerous awards for his writing, and his novels have been translated into twentysix languages. Set in the 17th century, this novel opens with the mogul emperor shah jahans daugher. Jahanara has lived one crazy life, and now that shes all old and stuff, its time for her granddaughters to know about it. Beneath a scarlet sky by mark sullivan librarything.
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