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Number of Pages
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Age Group
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Language
English
Book Summary
historical fiction set in nineteenth-century Orissa, weaving history and personal saga across fifty years within a coastal royal house. Its central themes explore power, tradition, and cultural transformation under imperial pressures, and it examines how language, education, and print culture reshape a people. The intended reader is adults and history enthusiasts who love immersive epics and richly detailed period atmospheres. The emotional tone is evocative, ambitious, and reflective, inviting readers to feel the weight of duty, desire, and consequence.
The narrative is story-led and historically grounded, moving between intimate family moments and broad public events. Readers glimpse palace life, political maneuvering, and the emergence of modern ideas, all rendered with atmosphere and careful attention to social change. The reading experience is immersive, balancing personal stakes with larger currents shaping a region under transition.
Translated from a popular Oriya original, the work preserves cadence and voice while making the history accessible to a broad audience. It highlights local thinkers, educators, and reformers who reshaped language, education, and public discourse, offering a vivid window into how regional identity was forged. The book invites reflection on how empire, modernization, and cultural pride intersect, and how memory and history are woven into daily life.
Readers finish with a deeper understanding of a pivotal chapter in regional history, a renewed curiosity about how cultures meet and clash, and a sense of connection to the people who shaped a nationโs memory.
Product Details
Author
J.P. Das
Publisher
Penguin Random House
Number of Pages
464
Language
English
SKU
9780143065593
ISBN
9780143065593
Reading Age
All
Dimensions
19.7x12.7x2.3cm
Binding
Paperback
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