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- Location(s): Rajasthan
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1930s
1930, Rajputana, India. Since her husband’s death, 28-year-old photojournalist Eliza’s only companion has been her camera. When the British Government send her to an Indian princely state to photograph the royal family, she’s determined to make a name for...
- Location(s): Rajasthan
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
Set in India, “The Overnight Palace is a gorgeous and sensual novel, one that readers of all kinds are sure to find enchanting,” says San Francisco Book Review. In exotic Rajasthan, India, bookish Elena seeks the romance and transcendence...
- Location(s): Rajasthan
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Various
India Treasures is a monumental work of fiction covering the sweep of Indian history. A search through palaces and a maze-like fortress for a Maharaja’s legendary hidden treasure weaves together stories of danger and romance, and of spiritual and...
- Location(s): Jaipur
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1950s
Vivid and compelling in its portrait of one woman’s struggle for fulfillment in a society pivoting between the traditional and the modern, The Henna Artist opens a door into a world that is at once lush and fascinating, stark...
- Location(s): Rajasthan
- Genre(s): Historical
- Era(s): 1600s
An enchanting historical epic of grand passion and adventure, this debut novel tells the captivating story of one of India’s most controversial empresses — a woman whose brilliance and determination trumped myriad obstacles, and whose love shaped the course...
- Location(s): Jaipur
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
A brilliant, funny, and moving account of the characters that make festivals tick. There are the authors enjoying moments of adulation after years of creative isolation and the star-struck public allowed to mingle with their cultural icons. And those...
- Location(s): London, Rajasthan
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical, Romance
- Era(s): 1850s
The setting for the first half of the book is India during the Great Uprising of 1857. Emma is the victim of a tragic shipwreck and she is the lone survivor, on her way to meet her future husband....
- Location(s): Rajasthan
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 14th Century
As the Rajputs face total destruction, Padmini knows but one route to freedom and honour. It is a decision that would lead her people to a fate yet unheard of in history. A decision that would affect an entire...
A Fantastic State of Ruin: The Painted Towns of Rajasthan
- Location(s): Shekhawati
- Genre(s): Photography
- Era(s): Modern looking back to 18th/19th Century
The first art-photography study of the painted towns of Shekhawati, India The book documents a unique and extraordinary vernacular architecture that is fast disappearing from the world due to neglect and urban development A visual account of small-town life...
A Princess Remembers: The Memoirs of the Maharani of Jaipur
- Location(s): Jaipur
- Genre(s): Biography
- Era(s): 20th century
She is the daughter of the Maharaja of Cooch Behar and the widow of the Maharaja of Jaipur. She was raised in a sumptuous palace staffed with 500 servants and she shot her first panther when she was twelve....
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