Vagabond Princess - Ruby Lal

A Captivating Biography Of One Of The Worlds Greatest Adventurers, The Itinerant Mughal Princess Gulbadan, Based On Her Long-forgotten Memoir Longlisted For The Cundill History Prize Finalist, Georgia Author Of The Year Award Shortlisted For James Tait Black Prize In Biography Ruby Lal Coaxes The Remarkable Gulbadan Out From The Shadows Of History.sara Wheeler, Wall Street Journal Situated In The Early Decades Of The Magnificent Mughal Empire, This First Ever Biography Of Princess Gulbadan Offers An Enthralling Portrait Of A Charismatic Adventurer And Unique Pictures Of The Multicultural Society In Which She Lived. Following A Migratory Childhood That Spanned Kabul And North India, Gulbadan Spent Her Middle Years In A Walled Harem Established By Her Nephew Akbar To Showcase His Authority As The Great Emperor. Gulbadan Longed For The Exuberant Itinerant Lifestyle Shed Known.