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A highly readable potted history of the Moghul empire that produced this extraordinary building...thorougly enjoyable. * Financial Times * An enthralling history of extraordinary kings and their peerlessly cultured and opulent lives . . . truly unforgettable. * Daily Mail * A hugely entertaining book packed with information, often irrelevant but still fascinating, about the Mughal emperors of India and in particular Shah Jahan, who built the Taj Mahal. * Guardian * The Prestons' richly patterned chintz of a book also delivers a romantic account of the Mughal empire as a whole. * The Independent * The Prestons' delightful and definitive book tells the monument's full, extraordinary story, not only of the vast undertaking of the building itself, but also the operatic sweep of the dynastic and romantic convulsions behind the project . . . Combines tremendous scholarship with a host of cracking stories well told. * Sunday Telegraph *

The Prestons' delightful and definitive book tells the monument's full, extraordinary story, not only of the vast undertaking of the building itself, but also the operatic sweep of the dynastic and romantic convulsions behind the project ... Combines tremendous scholarship with a host of cracking stories well told. Sunday Telegraph The Prestons' richly patterned chintz of a book also delivers a romantic account of the Mughal empire as a whole. The Independent A hugely entertaining book packed with information, often irrelevant but still fascinating, about the Mughal emperors of India and in particular Shah Jahan, who built the Taj Mahal. Guardian An enthralling history of extraordinary kings and their peerlessly cultured and opulent lives ... truly unforgettable. Daily Mail A highly readable potted history of the Moghul empire that produced this extraordinary building...thorougly enjoyable. Financial Times

The Prestons' delightful and definitive book tells the monument's full, extraordinary story, not only of the vast undertaking of the building itself, but also the operatic sweep of the dynastic and romantic convulsions behind the project . . . Combines tremendous scholarship with a host of cracking stories well told. * Sunday Telegraph * The Prestons' richly patterned chintz of a book also delivers a romantic account of the Mughal empire as a whole. * The Independent * A hugely entertaining book packed with information, often irrelevant but still fascinating, about the Mughal emperors of India and in particular Shah Jahan, who built the Taj Mahal. * Guardian * An enthralling history of extraordinary kings and their peerlessly cultured and opulent lives . . . truly unforgettable. * Daily Mail * A highly readable potted history of the Moghul empire that produced this extraordinary building...thorougly enjoyable. * Financial Times *

The Prestons' delightful and definitive book tells the monument's full, extraordinary story, not only of the vast undertaking of the building itself, but also the operatic sweep of the dynastic and romantic convulsions behind the project . . . Combines tremendous scholarship with a host of cracking stories well told. * Sunday Telegraph * The Prestons' richly patterned chintz of a book also delivers a romantic account of the Mughal empire as a whole. * The Independent * A hugely entertaining book packed with information, often irrelevant but still fascinating, about the Mughal emperors of India and in particular Shah Jahan, who built the Taj Mahal. * Guardian * An enthralling history of extraordinary kings and their peerlessly cultured and opulent lives . . . truly unforgettable. * Daily Mail * A highly readable potted history of the Moghul empire that produced this extraordinary building...thorougly enjoyable. * Financial Times *

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Diana Preston's most recent books are Wilful Murder- The Sinking of the Lusitania (now also a major BBC1 drama documentary), A Pirate of Exquisite Mind and Before the Fall-Out (selected for the Samuel Johnson Prize longlist and winner of the Los Angeles Times Science and Technology Prize). Her new book, Cleopatra and Anthony, will shortly be published by Doubleday. Her co-author is her husband Michael Preston, an historian and traveller.

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