A Princess Remembers: Memoirs of the Maharani of Jaipur

Good book for historic glimpse. You will get to know about royal life of that time.

Good print and a very insightful read.

Although the book is a wonderful engrossing read, one can't help notice that the sole purpose of maharani's life as well as most of the other women in the book, was to look good, dress up, wear jewellery and that's about it. The sense of entitlement with which these royal ladies went about their lives, spending summers in London, autumns in darjeeling and winters in ooty, is surprising. Many of the incidents described in the book, which the author considers her accomplishments, come across as childish histrionics especially her first hunting experience, her tryst with the parliament and 'eating caviar in tihar jail', is unintentionally silly. And perhaps that's why, towards the end of the book, when the author unleashes her wrath on indira Gandhi in full fury, one can't help but think of indira as the stronger and tougher woman with far more gumption. Equally beautiful and born in an equally illustrious family, Mrs Gandhi worked very hard and made many sacrifices to reach the top position and be a role model to generations of Indian girls, while the author herself stayed content being the daughter and then the wife of royal people and did little to break barriers. Anyway, it's still a fabulous read and I highly recommend it. And may I add, very prompt delivery by amazon as usual:-))

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A wonderful book...I was totally unaware of many truths that have been highlighted in the book. It has been written beautifully in an easy and simple language with so much of details explained wonderfully. Excellent book. A must read.

Nice book ..

Got to know the life of these Maharanis real royal life. The Princess graceful acceptance of polygamy.The accession of the princely states. How the system was abolished. How the Palaces became hotels. Inspite of so many tragedies how they still led a dignified life. Her political entry.

The book gives a very well vibe of royalty..you sit with a mindset of the royal and historical vibe from the princess's experience and the book adds up a lot to it..i recommend you to buy it if are interested in reading about history and kings