Taj reveals the human, cultural and political influences that surrounded the creation of India's most famous icon. It's all there--the love story, wicked stepmother, court intrigue, harems, battles and tragedy. Taj provides the magic carpet that takes you to a faraway time and place and reveals the back story of the Taj Mahal.
Beautiful story of the love between a prince and his princess through political turmoil and his ultimate taking of the crown from his father to become emperor and empress. The last 25% of the book is dedicated to his grief and loss which fueled his building of the Taj Mahal. Excellent story.
Book was wordy and spent much time describing things/ clothing/jewelry and not enough developing characters. Nice love story... could have been shorter for the content though.