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Original Title:	Beneath a Marble Sky
ISBN:	0451218469 (ISBN13: 9780451218469)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	India

Beneath a Marble Sky

John Shors

Paperback | Pages: 344 pages

Rating: 4 | 13563 Users | 1769 Reviews

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Journey to dazzling seventeenth-century Hindustan, where the reigning emperor, consumed with grief over the tragic death of his beloved wife, commissioned the building of a grand mausoleum as a testament to the marvel of their love. This monument would soon become known as the Taj Mahal - a sight famous around the world for its beauty and the emotions it symbolizes.

Princess Jahanara, the courageous daughter of the emperor and his wife, recounts their mesmerizing tale, while sharing her own parallel story of forbidden love with the celebrated architect of the Taj Mahal. Set during a time of unimaginable wealth and power, murderous sibling rivalries, and cruel despotism, this impressive novel sweeps you away to a historical Hindustan brimming with action and intrigue in an era when, alongside the brutalities of war and oppression, architecture and the art of love and passion reached a pinnacle of perfection.

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Title	:	Beneath a Marble Sky
Author	:	John Shors
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 344 pages
Published	:	June 6th 2006 by NAL Trade (first published June 18th 2004)
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Cultural. India. Romance. Book Club

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This is the story of the plot contrivances necessary to create a romance about the Taj Mahal. Okay, a bit harsh, I know, but the entire time I read this book I felt that the first line of each chapter, instead of giving a succinct synopsis of what was about to occur, should state: "Now the author has created the world's worst husband to marry unhappy narrator to, therefore leaving no moral ambiguity about her right to fall in love with the architect of the Taj Mahal, just in case reader is too

It is an average book. I thought the characters were way too one-dimensional. It felt more fantasy than historical, at least to me.

i do not recommend this book, as it could give the reader an inaccurate picture of what life was like back then. in addition the author has taken a number of liberties with the historical characters. the writing is very simplistic and leaves you feeling like you are reading a teenage romance novel.

A melodramatic tale that plays fast and loose with historical accuracy and the reader's patience. I knew going in this would probably not enjoy this book, but I hoped I might anyway. Forbidden love and angst are two things I like to avoid...but India! The Taj Mahal! Historical fiction! Political intrigue! Had to be worth trying, right? Ehhh, not so much. I didn't learn much about the creation of the Taj Mahal and I'm skeptical of the little I did learn. The characters are either Good or Evil.

'Beneath a Marble Sky' is much too much about a royal daughter's dutiful life of self-sacrifice - she practically gets ecstatic when she discovers a sacrifice situation actually - than I could accept. The combination of silly pointless self-sacrifices and the way her breathless love in the shadows unfolded struck me as impossibly bizarre. She did so very little to protect herself at important junctures, in the name of love. It also appeared to me she often relied heavily on the kindness or

As the writer claimed, this book is a historical fiction thus one cant really argue on its historical accuracy. However, to my disappointment there are quite some significant deviations between historical facts and what were written in this book.Shors wrote that Jahanara was wedded to a sadistic silver merchant. The marriage was not going well and she then had an affair with the Taj Mahals architect; Isa. Jahanara and Isa later had a daughter named after Jahanaras mother; Arjumand.The fact is

I was kind of disappointed that most of it is fiction (or at least the most important parts that form the basis of the story). You are thought to believe that this is based on a true story, but it is highly embellished, and culturally inaccurate in many cases. It kind of ruined the mystery of the Mughal Empire, the Taj Mahal, etc. for me. It is an easy read though, and somewhat entertaining, so if you like these sorts of love stories (but more on the side of a melodramatic soap opera) then