by Kenizé Mourad · Edicions 62 · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788429767353
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«A la ciutat d´or i argent» is the historical novel by Kenizé Mourad, published by Edicions 62 in paperback (416 pages, in Catalan).
The protagonist is Hazrat Mahal, an orphan who comes to reign in Lucknow, the city nicknamed the one of gold and silver. After the British annexation of 1856, the fourth wife of the absent monarch assumes leadership of the rebellion and sustains resistance for two years, aided by the raja Jai Lal and by Indian soldiers from the British ranks.
Published on November 11, 2010, the Catalan translation is by Teresa Solana and Pau Joan Hernández i de Fuenmayor; it belongs to the El Balancí collection.
For readers of historical fiction and literary fiction, especially those seeking stories set in colonial India.
Kenizé Hussain de Kotwara, generally known as Kenizé Mourad, is a French journalist and novelist. Until 1983, she was a reporter for the Nouvel Observateur working in the Middle East. She then turned to literature, publishing the international best-seller De la part de la princesse morte in 1987 which told the story of her family. Les jardins de Badalpour, further documenting her family history, followed in 1998.
