The Portrait of a Lady

It is India many centuries ago. Travelling with his father's circus ten-year old Sharat performs amazing feats with his white tiger Emira. When they have arrived at the City of Jewels where the troupe must play for the young Emperor Suleiman his entourage and the frightening Doctor Rookh Sharat's precious tiger mysteriously disappears. Determined to find her Sharat's quest takes him into the city's sewers through an enchanted garden past crystal caverns and into a magical underworld where he and his friends finally discover the terrible secret of the Empire. Take a roller-coaster ride through medieval India and into a world of ghuls jinnis and magic. This incredibly exciting adventure the first book in The Queen of the Forest Trilogy will leave its readers craving for more. About the Author Khushwant Singh is Indias best known writer and columnist. He has been founder editor of Yojana and editor of the Illustrated Weekly of India the National Herald and the Hindustan Times. He is the author of classics such as Train to Pakistan I Shall Not Hear the Nightingale and Delhi. His latest novel The Sunset Club written when he was 95 was published by Penguin Books in 2010. His nonfiction includes the classic two volume A History of the Sikhs a number of translations and works on Sikh religion and culture Delhi nature current affairs and Urdu poetry. His autobiography Truth Love and a Little Malice was published by Penguin Books in 2002.