Description:
Finalist for the 2018 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in History
"A luminous biography." --Rafia Zakaria, Guardian
Brief description: Ruby Lal is an award-winning historian of India and professor of South Asian history at Emory University whose writing has appeared in Time, BBC History, and Literary Hub. She is the author of Empress: The Astonishing Reign of Nur Jahan, which was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Her most recent book, Vagabond Princess: The Great Adventures of Gulbadan, was longlisted for the prestigious Cundill History Prize and received praise from the BBC, Wall Street Journal, and Times Literary Supplement, among others. She divides her time between Atlanta, Georgia, and Delhi, India.
Review Quotes: Intriguing, inspiring, and relevant to us today in twenty-first-century America.--Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in Tehran