Душа Лахора

Smyshlenai͡a, upri͡amai͡a i strastnai͡a, Dzhindan slavilasʹ svoeĭ krasotoĭ. Eshche v i͡unosti ona privlekla vnimanie makharadzhi Randzhita Singkha, a posle sovershennoletii͡a stala ego samoĭ molodoĭ i samoĭ li͡ubimoĭ zhenoĭ. A kogda ee maloletniĭ syn Dalip neozhidanno unasledoval tron, Dzhindan prini͡ala na sebi͡a regentstvo i prevratilasʹ iz balovannoĭ khozi͡aĭki roskoshnykh pokoev v umnui͡u i reshitelʹnui͡u pravitelʹnit͡su, gotovui͡u zashchititʹ svoĭ narod i prestol syna ot posi͡agatelʹstv Britanskoĭ imperii. Istorii͡a li͡ubvi praviteli͡a i prostoli͡udinki, gorʹkai͡a pritcha o vernosti i predatelʹstve, strastnoe povestvovanie o nerushimoĭ svi͡azi mezhdu materʹi͡u i synom - roman Chitry Banerdzhi Divakaruni proslezhivaet sudʹbu odnoĭ iz samykh besstrashnykh zhenshchin XIX veka, ostavivsheĭ posle sebi͡a nebyvalo i͡arkiĭ sled.

Smart, stubborn and passionate, Jindan was famous for her beauty. Even in her youth, she attracted the attention of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, and after coming of age, she became his youngest and most beloved wife. And when her infant son Dalip unexpectedly inherited the throne, Jindan assumed the regency and turned from a pampered mistress of luxurious apartments into an intelligent and determined ruler, ready to protect her people and her son's throne from the encroachments of the British Empire. The love story of a ruler and a commoner, a bitter parable about loyalty and betrayal, a passionate narrative about the indestructible bond between mother and son — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's novel traces the fate of one of the most fearless women of the 19th century, who left behind an unprecedented vivid mark.