Taj : Woman and the Wonder

Author: Sandra WilsonPublisher: Amundson DavisYear: 2005Language: EnglishPages: 304ISBN/UPC (if available): 0976057549 DescriptionThe easily-recognized Taj Mahal has a story as complex and fascinating as its perfect architectural form. The people of the Taj come alive in this novel even as the events of time become compelling.Taj follows the man who built the Taj Mahal and the woman he built it for from the time they met on their wedding day until after the building was completed.EXCERPT FROM THE BOOK Agra, India ~ 1666Shah Jahan’s shrunken body was covered with silken sheets and fine blankets as he lay without moving. Along the walls of his room, shrouded women were ready to wail their grief at the moment of his death. The former emperor had ordered his bed placed on the exquisite octagonal marble balcony, an extension of the large, airy rooms that had confined him for eight years. With effort, he looked past the nearby white pillars and low marble parapet inlaid with semiprecious sto