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Age at time of review - 12
Reviewer's Location -
Towson,
Maryland,
United States
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In India, a long time ago during the times of the Moghul
emperors, lived a young woman named Nur Jahan. Royal Indian
women in those times were put in little cells and held
captive. They were treasured, but imprisoned. Nur Jahan was
lucky that she was not raised this way. She was related to
the royal family, but not yet a part of it. One day, when she
was a little girl, she followed her father to work where she met
the future emperor, Jahangir. He too was just a boy. As soon
as Nur Jahan saw the prince of India she knew she wanted to
be with him. Same for the prince. Although their lives took
them in different directions, fate later brought them together.
The two were married and worked together to create a great
empire.
Opinion:
This book was okay, but not my favorite. Sometimes
I did not understand what was going on, especially the part
about 20 wives and 300 concubines. I feel it could have
explained her culture and her personality better. The part
about the war and her exile was very confusing to me. There
was no thorough explanation about who Nur Jahan really was.
While I found the idea of the life of Nur Jahan and learning
about her exciting, the book really didn't fulfill my
expectations. I was left wanting more and not satisfied.
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