A Teardrop on the Cheek of Time: The Story of the Taj Mahal - Brossura

Preston, Diana; Preston, Michael

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0552154156 ISBN 13: 9780552154154

Casa editrice: Corgi, 2008

Riassunto

In 1631, the heartbroken Moghul Emperor, Shah Jahan, ordered the construction of a monument of unsurpassed splendour and majesty in memory of his beloved wife. Theirs was an extraordinary story of passionate love: although almost constantly pregnant - she bore him fourteen children - Mumtaz Mahal followed her husband on every military campaign.But then Mumtaz died in childbirth. Blinded by grief, Shah Jahan created an exquisite and extravagant memorial for her on the banks of the river Jumna. The Taj Mahal took twenty years to build and depleted the Moghul treasuries.But Shah Jahan was to pay a greater price for his obsession. He ended his days imprisoned by his own son in Agra Fort, gazing across the river at the monument to his love. The building of the Taj Mahal had set brother against brother and son against father in a savage conflict that pushed the seventeenth century's most powerful empire into irreversible decline.

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Recensione:

"The Prestons' delightful and definitive book tells the monument's full, extraordinary story, not only of the vast undertaking of the building itself, but also the operatic sweep of the dynastic and romantic convulsions behind the project . . . Combines tremendous scholarship with a host of cracking stories well told." (Sunday Telegraph)

"The Prestons' richly patterned chintz of a book also delivers a romantic account of the Mughal empire as a whole." (Boyd Tonkin The Independent)

"A hugely entertaining book packed with information, often irrelevant but still fascinating, about the Mughal emperors of India and in particular Shah Jahan, who built the Taj Mahal." (Sue Arnold Guardian)

"An enthralling history of extraordinary kings and their peerlessly cultured and opulent lives . . . truly unforgettable." (Daily Mail)

"A highly readable potted history of the Moghul empire that produced this extraordinary building...thorougly enjoyable." (Financial Times)

Descrizione del libro:

Full of passion and tragedy, the story of the Taj Mahal- one of the greatest love stories of all time

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• Editore: Corgi
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0552154156
• ISBN 13: 9780552154154
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 416