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Oct 08, 2023nocowl49 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I love Michelle Moran!! I have read everything by her that I can get my hands on
Jan 05, 2022
standalone title
Aug 14, 2021IntrovertReader rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Young Sita’s mother passed away in childbirth when Sita was quite young. Their loving but physically disabled father and strict grandmother are raising her and her infant sister. Money is tight so Sita’s grandmother tries to sell her to a…
houston14
Jan 15, 2019
Loved this author
Dec 05, 2016TheresaAJ rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Moran's rebel queen is Lakshmi, the Rani of Jhansi, in central India. Sita, a young girl from a small village, wins the right to be a Durga Dal, a member of the Rani's personal bodyguard, in the 1850s. As Sita moves from the purdah of…
Aug 15, 2016julia_sedai rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
What a great book! I found it extremely interesting. A queen in India had her own personal bodyguards that were all women. Michelle Moran tells the story of one of these girls, and through her we get a glimpse of India during the mid 1800s…
Jul 23, 2016ruthfowler514 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I will not add a synopsis - others have done that - but I will say that the book title does rather imply that the queen is the main character, but she is not. It really should be titled, "Life in the Women's…
FindingJane
Jun 09, 2016FindingJane rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
While the title and blurb implies a warrior ruler with the ferocity of a Queen Boudicca, what we get instead is a gentle Indian queen who tries valiantly to place her people first and ensure their safety even as both Indians and the…
Sep 27, 2015
I like it
Aug 17, 2015ghyslaine rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
I really enjoyed this book found it very informative as to the history and how the british conducted themselves at the time. Not having learned too much in school about this period in the history of INdia it was very enlightening I could…
Jul 11, 2015JANET FLAPAN rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I enjoyed this book because it's about a culture and history unfamiliar to me ... and based on a real queen and what she did.
Jun 26, 2015luminea rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
This was a well written and engaging book that I didn't want to put down, even though much of it saddened me. I will definitely check out the author's other books.I love reading books with strong female protagonists, especially historical…
May 09, 2015ehbooklover rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
A very interesting fictionalized account of Queen Lakshmi told from the point of view of one of her most trusted female soldiers. I know next to nothing about Indian history so the subject of this book was a refreshing change from all of…