The Begum's secret

Description:

A historical thriller, set in eighteenth century Lucknow. Amid the political machinations of the Nawab, his nobles and the British, the maneuvers of the queens and their flunkeys, the high noon of Awadh's culture sees the building of the great mosque, the Bara Imambara, and the evolution by chance of 'Dum Pukht', the cuisine of the Nawabs.

subjects: Dum Pukht,  Bara Imambara,  East India Company,  Historical,  eunuchs,  ghazal,  Urdu

People: Asaf-ud-daula,  Shams-un-nisa 'Sharm',  Mir Taqi Mir,  Antoine-Henri Louis Polier,  Warren Hastings,  Haider Baig Khan,  Raja Tikait Rai,  Bahu Begum,  Sadr-i-jahan Begum,  Saadat Ali Khan,  Mamdoo Bawarchi

Places: Awadh,  Lucknow,  Faizabad

Times: 1784