Queen of fire

By:

Rangachari, Devika

Publication details: Duckbill Books, 2021. Gurugram:Description: 117p.; pbk; 20cmISBN:

9780143453222

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

823.914 RAN

Summary: Lakshmibai, the widowed queen of Jhansi, is determined to protect her son’s right to his father’s throne and safeguard the welfare of her kingdom. Faced with machinations to take over Jhansi, at a time when all of India is rising up against the British, she has to prove her valour and sagacity time and again. But will this be enough to save all that she values? In this gripping novel, award-winning historical novelist Devika Rangachari brings to vivid life the interior life of this nineteenth-century queen, thrust into a position she does not desire but must assume, and of her son, who is cowed by the challenges he has to face but determined to live up to his mother’s courage. https://penguin.co.in/book/queen-of-fire/#:~:text=In%20this%20gripping%20novel%2C%20award,up%20to%20his%20mother's%20courage

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Children Collection	IIT Gandhinagar	General	823.914 RAN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		CC1466

Lakshmibai, the widowed queen of Jhansi, is determined to protect her son’s right to his father’s throne and safeguard the welfare of her kingdom. Faced with machinations to take over Jhansi, at a time when all of India is rising up against the British, she has to prove her valour and sagacity time and again. But will this be enough to save all that she values?

In this gripping novel, award-winning historical novelist Devika Rangachari brings to vivid life the interior life of this nineteenth-century queen, thrust into a position she does not desire but must assume, and of her son, who is cowed by the challenges he has to face but determined to live up to his mother’s courage.

https://penguin.co.in/book/queen-of-fire/#:~:text=In%20this%20gripping%20novel%2C%20award,up%20to%20his%20mother's%20courage

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