{"product_id":"the-poisoned-heart-paperback","title":"The Poisoned Heart - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNandini Sengupta\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Deftly recreates the world of the Gupta Empire... widely regarded as the golden period of classical India' - Sanjeev Sanyal461 CE. Skanda Gupta, the grandson of the great emperor Chandragupta Vikramaditya, is at the helm of the still-mighty Gupta Empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrave, noble and a living legend, the emperor is fighting hard to save his legacy from wave after wave of invasion, intrigue and insurrection. The borders are restive; the palace is swirling with conspiracies; and the Huns are back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eInto this cauldron steps Rohini - an enigmatic half-Hun runaway. She is a riddle Skanda cannot crack.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMight she be an assassin, or a spy? Or has she come to the court with an agenda all her own?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs ambition crosses swords with affection, Skanda and Rohini must learn a painful lesson: as in war, so in love, victory always comes at a price. The second book in the Gupta Empire Trilogy, The Poisoned Heart is a saga of tragic love, treachery and hard-won battles in the inner reaches of a once-mighty empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNandini Sengupta\u003c\/b\u003e is a Pondicherry-based writer and journalist. After a chance trip to the Ajanta and Ellora caves in 2007, she began researching third and fourth-century India which quickly deepened into an obsession with India's glorious past. She now lives in Pondicherry's quaint French quarter with her little daughter, Kiki. Her first book of fiction, The King Within, was published by HarperCollins India in 2017.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 228\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 30, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50520585994323,"sku":"9789353029364","price":10.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.prepare-ready.com\/products\/the-poisoned-heart-paperback","provider":"shop.prepare-ready.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}