Beneath a Marble Sky by John Shors

Beneath a Marble Sky by John Shors

In 1632, the Emperor of Hindustan, Shah Jahan, consumed by grief over the death of his empress, Mumtaz Mahal, ordered the building of a grand mausoleum to symbolize the greatness of their love.

Against scenes of unimaginable wealth and power, murderous sibling rivalries, and cruel despotism, Princess Jahanara tells the extraordinary story of how the Taj Mahal came to be, describing her own life as an agent in its creation and as a witness to the fateful events surrounding its completion.

To escape a brutal arranged marriage, Jahanara must become the court liaison to Isa, architect of the Taj Mahal. She is soon caught between her duty to her mother's memory, the rigid strictures imposed upon women, and a new, though forbidden, love. With exceptional courage, Jahanara dares to challenge the bigotry and blindness at court in an effort to spare the empire from civil war, and to save her father from his bellicose son, Aurangzeb, a man whose hatred would extinguish the Islamic enlightenme

After graduating from Colorado College in 1991, John Shors traveled extensively throughout Asia, first teaching English in Japan for several years and then travelling across the continent, visiting 10 countries and climbing the Himalayas. Shors worked as a newspaper reporter in his birthplace of Des Moines, Iowa, before coming to Boulder, Colorado, to work in public relations. His debut novel is Under a Marble Sky.

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ISBN 13	9780451218469
ISBN 10	0451218469
Title	Beneath a Marble Sky
Author	John Shors
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Putnam Inc
Year published	2006-06-01
Number of pages	344
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