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The Royal Diaries: Jahanara, Princess Of Princesses: India, 1627 (The Royal Diaries) (original 2002; edition 2002)

by Kathryn Lasky (Author)

Series: The Royal Diaries (12)

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Much like the author, I didn't know much about Indian culture before reading this book, so this really opened my eyes to it. I didn't know stuff like this was still happening there in the 1600 and 1700s? Like, it seems so recent to me? I don't know how to explain it. But the main point -- I liked the book, I really, really did. I liked the main character, I liked her family. Overall it kept me engaging and I was sort of sad to see it end, really. I would recommend this book to children to read for sure. 4 out of 5 stars. ( )
  Beammey | Jan 23, 2016 |
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  lcslibrarian | Aug 13, 2020 |
Much like the author, I didn't know much about Indian culture before reading this book, so this really opened my eyes to it. I didn't know stuff like this was still happening there in the 1600 and 1700s? Like, it seems so recent to me? I don't know how to explain it. But the main point -- I liked the book, I really, really did. I liked the main character, I liked her family. Overall it kept me engaging and I was sort of sad to see it end, really. I would recommend this book to children to read for sure. 4 out of 5 stars. ( )
  Beammey | Jan 23, 2016 |
I loved the detail of this book and how I could be there with the royal family. ( )
  SRaval | Nov 25, 2012 |
I absolutely love the entire Royal Diaries series. They are all incredibly brilliant. MY favorite are Jahanara, Eleanor and Lady of Ch'iao Kuo. They're a great way to learn history. ( )
  benuathanasia | Sep 5, 2012 |
Jahanara is a princess in 1627 India with wealth beyond belief. What she doesn't posses is self-determination because she is protected with buildings, walls, culture, and veils. As a young adult she explores her world and finds that she has more power than she first thought. This historical fiction for youth will take you to another time and culture. Enjoy! ( )
  bogreader | Jun 9, 2011 |
Beginning in !627, Princess Jahanara, first daughter of Shah Jahan of India's Moghul Dynasty, writes in her diary about political intrigues, weddings, battles, and other experiences of her life. Includes historical notes on Jahanara's later life and on the Moghul Empire.
  hgcslibrary | Nov 29, 2009 |
An amazing book about a girl who's dad is crowned emperor of India. Although, her stepgrandmother (the snake) coils into her dreams at night and in her dreams the grandmother tries to kill the younger brothers by biting them with her "fangs".
  lbaldaccini | Dec 12, 2008 |
I bought Jahanara at a library sale and I've been reading it since then. I think the sale was before this summer. anyway, it's been an on and off book and I finished it yesterday.

Jahanara: Princess of Princesses Is one of The Royal Diaries books, i.e., it's about a real princess... this is historical fiction in the form of a diary. Jahanara, Begum Sahib, was the daughter of Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal (Shah Jahan had the Taj Mahal built for this favorite wife of his).

I kinda forget the whole book, but her diary is about life in the Harem, and being a princess that has to be constantly protected, and she kinda feels like a prisoner. I don't know why she feels this way, really. Ok, so people aren't allowed to touch her, and she doesn't have much um... well. I don't know, there's this one entry about her bathroom, which has all these jewels in the walls, and another about julabmost (...the rose kind kinda sounds gross). Because she is the Begum Sahib, she can never get married and have kids, so she feels very different from everyone else. About this time in India, though, the British were getting involved. She had a necklace of Queen Elizabeth I, whom she admired, and she keeps thinking about this english dude with blue eyes.

I wish I could give a better review (I don't remember everthing), but it's a pretty good book. It has a really sad ending though. Like... really sad. And it's a true story. Ish. I guess. I like these kind of books: The Royal Diaries, and the Dear America books, because they have all these historical stuffs in the back. ( )
  shamille | Feb 9, 2008 |
TAKEN FROM THE BOOK
My father has four wives, but I am the daughter of the one he loves most, Arjumand Banu Begum, I, too, am a Begum, a princess. My name is Jahanara, great-granddaughter of Akbar, the greatest Moghul ruler of India…
I have diamonds the size of my small toe, and rubies the size of beetles, I have thirty servants and eight elephants trained specially for me. I have everything except freedom. We are all of us imprisoned” my mother, my father, my younger brothers, and my younger sister. In tents hung with gold cloth, we drink form emerald-studded chalices and yet we are prisoners. ( )
  padame | Sep 20, 2007 |
Jahanara is a princess dealing with a few strange family members, but living in opulance. She spends her entire life of opulance hidden from the world by screens and veils. Despite being hidden, she begins to learn about her own potential for influence, and her mind is broadened as she begins to look outside of her own culture and people. ( )
  t1bclasslibrary | Sep 7, 2007 |
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