Empress
- 336 pages
- 12 hours of reading
Four centuries ago, a Muslim woman ruled an empire. Her legend still lives, but her story was lost-until now.
Ruby Lal Books
Ruby Lal is a historian specializing in South Asian history at Emory University. Her work delves into themes of domesticity and power within the early Mughal world, as well as the coming-of-age experiences of girls in 19th-century India. Lal explores how girls' lives were shaped and how playfulness manifested, offering a unique lens into the social and cultural dynamics of the era. Her writing provides profound insights into historical figures and societal structures.
A captivating biography of one of the world’s greatest adventurers, the itinerant Mughal Princess Gulbadan, based on her long-forgotten memoir