So many books to read, so little time! /ahem
Popping up to say a) thank you for all the book recommendations that I will now feel compelled to read, and b) on top of what Thaths said, an e-ink device really is that much easier on the eyes--borrowed a Kindle, no problems reading in glare and in dimmer conditions. Would buy one if I can figure out an easy way round the DRM issues in Singapore. Chew Lin On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 1:17 AM, Sandhya aka Sandy <sandhya.varn...@gmail.com > wrote: > That's a timely Q. I just finished reading "Feast of Roses" by Indu > Sundaresan. It's the second book on Nur Jahan. The 1st is The Twentieth > Wife and I haven't read that yet. A fascinating read and makes the Mughal > era come to life. A formidable woman who was the power behind the throne of > Jahangir at a time when women were just supposed to hangout in the harem. > Descriptive, evocative, the staggering wealth and scale of living come to > life. The plotting and scheming of the people seem very real. > > Frankly, I was never a fan of Mughal history because of the way it was > thrust on us at school - dates to mug up, wars to remember, and dry > accounts of # of elephants and camels and horses - I used to tune out. Now > if they had books like these.. it made me curious about history and I > started googling on the Mughal emperors. > > Cheers > Sandhya > > On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 3:30 PM, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay < > sankarshan.mukhopadh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 3:23 PM, Venkatesh Hariharan <ven...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > Dava Sobel's Longitude is a fascinating account of how longitude was > > fixed. > > > I never realized how challenging this task was. > > > > On that note, < > > https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17239116-everest---the-first-ascent> > > is an interesting read as well. > > > > > > -- > > sankarshan mukhopadhyay > > <https://about.me/sankarshan.mukhopadhyay> > > > > >
