Taj Mahal: Passion and Genius at the Heart of the Moghul Empire - Softcover

Preston, Diana; Preston, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802716733 ISBN 13: 9780802716736

Verlag: Walker & Co, 2008

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Book by Preston Diana Preston Michael

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"Like The Complete Taj Mahal by Ebba Koch [BKL Ja 1 & 15 07], an illustrated album by a conservator of the complex, the Prestons' history both discusses architecture and presents biographies of its entombed builder and wife. Said to immortalize the love of Shah Jahan and his consort, Mumtaz Mahal, the Taj Mahal also announced the wealth and taste of the monarch able to commission such exquisite magnificence. The authors anchor the Taj' s origin in that of the Mogul Empire, of which Shah Jahan was the fifth ruler (1627- 58). They discuss the Taj Mahal' s ancestry in Islamic funereal architecture amid a narrative of harem customs and dynastic politics of the Mogul Empire. The latter tended toward the lethal, and the travails of Jahan and Mumtaz in obtaining the throne may have closely bonded the two. The Prestons carry off this view of the Taj Mahal' s inspiration with judicious erudition and limpid clarity, traits their audience has come to expect and which are on full display in this portrait." - - Gilbert Taylor, "Booklist""" "Taj Mahal is the title of the latest offering by Oxford historians Diana and Michael Preston. In it they chronicle the blood, sweat, emotions, expenditure and history behind the construction of the world's most famous mausoleum. Filled with quotes, anecdotes and evocative prose, this true tale has, at times, the texture of a historical novel."--Bharti Kirchner, "The Seattle Times"

Praise for "Taj Mahal:

""Filled with quotes, anecdotes and evocative prose, this true tale has, at times, the texture of a historical novel."--"Seattle Times

""This history breaks through the legendary facade to reveal a powerful backstory."--"Publishers Weekly

""In describing the Moghul Empire, the Prestons tell tales of Sunni and Shiite tensions; battles that are won by bribery as much as by force; and religious and clan wars that sweep from Kandahar to Kabul to Kashmir."--"San Diego Union-Tribune"

Praise for "Taj Mahal:

""Filled with quotes, anecdotes and evocative prose, this true tale has, at times, the texture of a historical novel."--"Seattle Times

""This history breaks through the legendary facade to reveal a powerful backstory."--"Publishers Weekly

""In describing the Moghul Empire, the Prestons tell tales of Sunni and Shiite tensions; battles that are won by bribery as much as by force; and religious and clan wars that sweep from Kandahar to Kabul to Kashmir."--"San Diego Union-Tribune"

Praise for "Taj Mahal:

"“Filled with quotes, anecdotes and evocative prose, this true tale has, at times, the texture of a historical novel.”—"Seattle Times

"“This history breaks through the legendary facade to reveal a powerful backstory.”—"Publishers Weekly

"“In describing the Moghul Empire, the Prestons tell tales of Sunni and Shiite tensions; battles that are won by bribery as much as by force; and religious and clan wars that sweep from Kandahar to Kabul to Kashmir.”—"San Diego Union-Tribune"

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""Filled with quotes, anecdotes and evocative prose, this true tale has, at times, the texture of a historical novel."--"Seattle Times

""This history breaks through the legendary facade to reveal a powerful backstory."--"Publishers Weekly

""In describing the Moghul Empire, the Prestons tell tales of Sunni and Shiite tensions; battles that are won by bribery as much as by force; and religious and clan wars that sweep from Kandahar to Kabul to Kashmir."--"San Diego Union-Tribune"

Filled with quotes, anecdotes and evocative prose, this true tale has, at times, the texture of a historical novel. "Seattle Times"

This history breaks through the legendary facade to reveal a powerful backstory. "Publishers Weekly"

In describing the Moghul Empire, the Prestons tell tales of Sunni and Shiite tensions; battles that are won by bribery as much as by force; and religious and clan wars that sweep from Kandahar to Kabul to Kashmir. "San Diego Union-Tribune""

"Filled with quotes, anecdotes and evocative prose, this true tale has, at times, the texture of a historical novel." --Seattle Times

"This history breaks through the legendary facade to reveal a powerful backstory." --Publishers Weekly

"In describing the Moghul Empire, the Prestons tell tales of Sunni and Shiite tensions; battles that are won by bribery as much as by force; and religious and clan wars that sweep from Kandahar to Kabul to Kashmir." --San Diego Union-Tribune

Reseña del editor:

A narrative history of the great monument of Moghul India traces the story of the Taj Mahal, built by emperor Shah Jahan as a memorial to his beloved wife, Mumtaz Mahal, examining its creation against the backdrop of the history of the Moghul Empire. Reprint.

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• Verlag: Walker & Co
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0802716733
• ISBN 13: 9780802716736
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 317