Memoirs of a Rebellious Princess by Elaine Williams

It can hardly fail to hold your interest.' - The New Yorker 'We watch a spoiled and sheltered little Indian princess grow into a suffering woman of character. 'An unusual biography, a fantastic and anachronistic kind of life. A haunting story, with beautiful imagery, the rich echoes of history and the fairy tale ending.' (INSET): ALSO BY ELAINE WILLIAMS, author, prize-winning poet and travel journalist MAHARANI, Memoirs of a Rebellious Princess. 'Seeking the Taj is a beautifully written story, very sensual with a dreamlike feel to it. Elaine Williams is branch manager and youth librarian at. Memoirs of a Rebellious Princess by Elaine Williams. Common or Generic Name of the commodity, Biographies & Autobiographies Description. LibraryThing is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. But in Agra she is befriended by Ravi's royal auntie, a wise and worldly woman who seized her freedom in a repressive society, and has much to teach Garnet. Click to read more about Memoirs of a Rebellious Princess by Elaine Williams. Ravi pursues her and although she is deeply drawn to the prince, the near tragic assault she endured as an adolescent left her fearful of romantic entanglements. Maharani: Memoirs of a Rebellious Princess by Elaine Williams. Burdened on the trip by the brilliant, half-mad Niles, at the Taj Mahal she encounters Ravi Singh, an exuberant, charismatic prince descended from a dynasty of eccentric royals. Maharani: Memoirs of a Rebellious Princess. Set in 1969, when hippies, soul seekers and The Beatles swarmed into India, Garnet, a young poet with a painful past, is traveling in India to write about the empress who inspired the Taj Mahal.

In Seeking The Taj, Elaine Williams evokes a spirited young woman's immersion into the mysterious society of deposed Indian royals where crumbling palaces hold dark secrets and treachery abounds.