Rani Padmavati – The Burning Queen : Book Review
Rani Padmavati – The Burning Queen By Anuja Chandramouli When there was so much going in India over the release of the Bollywood movie Padmavat, it made me curious to read the history of Queen Padmavati and then when I searched for fictional books written on Queen Padmavati, I found this one. Being a lover of historical fiction books, this book didn’t give me a feel-good factor after I finished reading it. It was not a page turner book for me. The keenness to know why Rani Padmavati committed Jauhar was the only reason which made me withstand this book till the end. Other than this, the style of writing failed to hold my interest in reading the book. Until now every historical fiction book which I have read contains either a family tree chart or a reference page having the list of characters depicting who is whom and how they are related to the lead characters. Major drawback of this book is missing any such mapping or reference, as a result while reading the book,...