Raj: A Novel

by Gita Mehta

Overview

Born to the Royal House of Balmer, Jaya Singh experiences the influences of Western culture as a selfless wife, strong leader, and courageous individual in a national struggle.

Jaya Singh is the intelligent, beautiful, and compassionate daughter of the Maharajah and Maharani of Balmer. Raised in the thousand-year-old tradition of purdah, a strict regime of seclusion, silence, and submission, Jaya is ill-prepared to assume the role of Regent Maharani of Sirpur upon the death of her decadent, Westernized husband. But Jaya bravely fulfills her duty and soon finds herself thrust into the center of a roiling political battle in which the future of the kingdom is at stake...and her own future as well.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781982144791
Publisher:	Simon & Schuster
Publication date:	10/12/2019
Pages:	480
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.40(d)

About the Author

Gita Mehta is an Indian writer and was born in Delhi in a renowned Oriya family of freedom fighters. She is the daughter of Biju Patnaik, an Indian independence activist and a Chief Minister in post-independence Orissa. Her younger brother Naveen Patnaik is presently the Chief Minister of Orissa. She completed her education in India and at the Cambridge University, United Kingdom. She is the author of Raj, River Sutra, Mountain Sutra, Karma Cola, Snakes and Ladders, Clemente, and Eternal Ganesha.