Empress
Publisher: Oberon Books, Limited; Oberon Books
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9781849434904
Subjects: British and irish drama (dramatic works by one author)
Description: "It is Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, 1887. At Tilbury Docks, Rani Das and Abdul Karim step ashore after the long voyage from India. One has to battle a society who deems her a second class citizen, the other forges an astonishing entanglement with the ageing Queen who finds herself enchanted by stories of an India she rules but has never seen." The Empress uncovers remarkable unknown stories of 19th century Britain, the growth of Indian nationalism and the romantic proclivities of one of our most surprising monarchs.