The Twentieth Wife by Indu Sundaresan is a debut no vel that reveals an appealing story of one of India's most divisive empress whose vividness and fortitude brought heap of hindrance, and whose love shaped the course of the Mughal Empire. The author dexterously merges the surface of historical reality with the affluent and sensual imaginings of a timeless fairy tale. "The Twentieth Wife" brushes readers up in Mehrunnisa's besieged love with Prince Salim, and in the bedazzle destiny of a woman who was a legend in her own time and who was all but lost to history until now.
