A landmark in Indian historical fiction in English, this sumptuous, richly detailed saga of India’s

steeped in the Rajput tradition.

About The Author:

Jyoti Jafa, an aristocrat by birth, was educated in Sophia College, Ajmer.

She qualified for the Indian Foreign Service in 1965, but gave it up and became a writer instead.

A keen student of history and everything historical, she understands both the code of honour dear

to her ancestors and the uses and abuses of power that have eaten—and continue to eat—into the

entrails of society. Yet, she also believes in life’s lighter moments; and it is her sense of joie de vivre

that makes the reader chuckle his way through this book.