by Gita Mehta · Bertelsmann, · tapa dura · ISBN 9783426192559
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«Die Maharani» is the historical novel by Gita Mehta published in hardcover and in German, with 479 pages.
Jaya, daughter of the Maharaja of Balmer, is raised under the tradition of purdah and is destined to rule. Her story spans colonial India from 1900 to independence, in a narrative that interweaves dynastic duty, love, and the country's political transformation.
The original title of the work is «Raj» and the German version is translated by Margarete Längsfeld.
For readers of historical fiction about India, the end of the British Empire, and female protagonists between tradition and modernity.
Gita Mehta was an Indian-American writer and documentary filmmaker. As a journalist and documentary filmmaker she frequently covered war and conflict including covering the Bangladesh liberation war of 1971. As an author she published five books which were translated into 21 languages. Her works described aspects of life in India and were intended to interpret the country for a largely western audience.
