In a splendid debut, John Shors has crafted an immensely listenable and well-researched historical novel of surprisingly contemporary relevance. Beneath a Marble Sky brims with action and intrigue befitting an epic era when, alongside continuous war, architecture and its attendant arts reached a pinnacle of perfection. Beneath a Marble Sky by John Shors (Goodreads Author) 4. John Shors reimagined one of the world’s greatest love stories the romance that inspired the Taj Mahal in his critically acclaimed, international bestseller Beneath a Marble Sky.Now, with Unbound, Shors recreates an ancient and celebrated Chinese legend about a pair of young lovers separated by war and the Great Wall. Beneath a Marble Sky, narrated by Princess Jahanara, eldest daughter of Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal, recounts their story, and her own as well, a parallel tale of forbidden love enduring censure and extreme deprivations. At that time, Hindustan comprised all of modern Pakistan and Kashmir, most of eastern Afghanistan, and two-thirds of the Indian subcontinent (roughly north of Bombay to the Himalayas). Once I began reading, I dont want to put it down. BENEATH A MARBLE SKY A NOVEL OF THE TAJ MAHAL by John Shors RELEASE DATE: A woman’s take on the famous monument as the Emperor’s daughter recalls her part in its construction and her survival through treachery and war. The story surrounding the construction of the Taj Mahal occurs, however, against a scrim of fratricidal war, murderous rebellion, unimaginable wealth, and, not least of all, religious fundamentalism ruthlessly opposing tolerance and coexistence between the disparate peoples in the empire. John Shors has done it again His novel, Beneath a Marble Sky was a wonderful, historical read.
In 1632, the Emperor of Hindustan, Shah Jahan, overwhelmed with grief over the death of his beloved wife, Mumatz Mahal, commissioned the building of a grand mausoleum to symbolize the greatness of their love.
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