Title: 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
Places: Awadh, Lucknow, Faizabad
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
Time periods: 1784