Through a series of vignettes, Kauffman’s fifth novel centers on a woman determined to spend Christmas with her extended ...

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Interestingly, the book opens with the words of a Jesuit priest stationed at Akbar’s court. The priest wrote in awe, “He was a prince beloved of all, firm with the great, kind to those of low ...

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