This week I am waiting for: The Last Queen of India by Michelle Moran
One of favorite authors
Paperback, 368 pages
Expected publication:
July 3rd 2014
by Quercus
When the British Empire
sets its sights on India in the 1850s, it expects a quick and easy
conquest. After all, India is not even a country, but a collection of
kingdoms on the subcontinent. But when the British arrive in the Kingdom
of Jhansi, expecting its queen to forfeit her crown, they are met with a
surprise. Instead of surrendering, Queen Lakshmi raises two armies—one
male, one female—and rides into battle like Joan of Arc. Although her
soldiers are little match against superior British weaponry and
training, Lakshmi fights against an empire determined to take away the
land she loves.
Told from the perspective of Sita, one of the guards in Lakshmi's all-female army and the queen’s most trusted warrior, The Last Queen of India traces the astonishing tale of a fearless ruler making her way in a world dominated by men. In the tradition of her bestselling novel Nefertiti, which Diana Gabaldon, author of the Outlander series, called “a heroic story with a very human heart,” Michelle Moran once again brings a time and place rarely explored in historical fiction to rich, vibrant life.
Told from the perspective of Sita, one of the guards in Lakshmi's all-female army and the queen’s most trusted warrior, The Last Queen of India traces the astonishing tale of a fearless ruler making her way in a world dominated by men. In the tradition of her bestselling novel Nefertiti, which Diana Gabaldon, author of the Outlander series, called “a heroic story with a very human heart,” Michelle Moran once again brings a time and place rarely explored in historical fiction to rich, vibrant life.
What are you waiting for?
This intrigues me. I like the cover and overall premise. Thanks for sharing :)
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Shane @ Itching for Books