Twentieth Wife A Novel

The Twentieth Wife tells the story of Mehrunnisa-the Sun of Women one of India's most legendary and controversial empresses, a woman whose brilliance and determination trumped myriad obstacles, and whose love shaped the course of the Mughal empire. The daughter of refugees from Persia, growing up on the fringes of Emperor Akbar's opulent palace grounds, Mehrunnisa first encounters Prince Salim on his wedding day. All of eight years old, she decides she too will one day become Salim's wife-wholly unaware of the great price she and her family will pay for this dream.......