Taj Mahal is the most beautiful palace in India. It is one of Seven Wonders of the World. It has a calm white color and smooth combination of marble. Decorated with luxury gemstone, emerald, ruby and many other beautiful stones imported from all over the world. This palace was built by the greatest king of India, Shah Jahan for his lovely wife Arjumand who was died during her breech birth at the war tend when she was accompany the king in war. Arjumand or Mumtaz Mahal told as a very beautiful, smart, waist and brave queen. She often helps the king maintain the empire. So that, when she is died, Shah Jahan built the palace, to remaining her. As it is include as one of Seven Wonders of the World, the story becomes very famous as Romeo and Juliet. I’m sure that everybody in this world knows this romantic love story very well. But, does anybody know the truly love story behind the construction of this gorgeous palace? If you don’t; I suggest you to read Beneath a Marble Sky, bestsellers novel by John Shors.
John was successful package the story of Taj Mahal from a very different side, which no one ever imagines about that. He explored the real condition of that time, based on the responsible source in very beautiful way. How it can bring the reader to fell and watch the real Hindustan at that moment. The king was very rich, while the people were poor. For his dearest, Mumtaz Mahal, he built extremely expensive and luxury palace for her buried. Outside the kingdom, the people live in very dramatically suffer live. They are poor, starving, and sick. The conflict also comes from the lovely princess who falls in love with a handsome architect who designed the palace, while she has been married to a bastard to save her empire. She also traps in the power struggle of Mughal Empire between her oldest and youngest brother. When everything become worst, she tries to escape from the kingdom until she knows that her youngest brother tries to kill her father and the older brother. Then she must back to the kingdom to save them and trap again in the mess situation. In every chapter, we surprised with a new conflict which write in very brilliant plot. The way John describes each character feeling and desire, make us can’t stop to read this book until the end. Read this novel; give you complete information about the whole history of the most famous building in the world. There are a treat, hate, ambition, murder, ketamakan, and off course, there are truly love that you never imagine before. All of that wonderful history just writes in very brilliant novel, Beneath a Marble Sky.
