She has done it again. At
the end of last year, Anuja Chandramouli called and said that she wanted me to
review not one or two but three books, which she had written!! 'Kartikeya : The Destroyer's Son', 'The Burning Queen :Rani Padmavati' and 'Prithviraj Chauhan : The Emperor of Hearts'... I do not know how she could have written them almost at once, but there it was. And there they came, one after the other.
Today, I have finished
all three of the books. ‘Prithviraj Chauhan : The Emperor of Hearts’ is a
terrific end to the three of them. While I liked the first two, as well, I thought
this one took the cake, and ate it too.
Anuja’s best at writing
mythology, but here was a chance to write history too, and she has grabbed the chance
with both hands. Not only does she manage to retain her talent for writing the
story in parts with the mythological touch but also describe, certain parts of
history too.
We all know Prithviraj
Chauhan’s story. The story takes off with his birth, his mother’s love for him,
and her own heroics considering the position she was put into. Karpuradevi had her
own charisma, which was transferred to the young prince. He finds himself
fatherless at a young age, and we see him rise to the occasion.
His swordsmanship came
to the fore, as did his talent for everything he reads; when he was sent off to
the forest to be educated. He also fell in love for the first time, with
Yogita, but was met with so much opposition from his mother that he only shed a
few tears, when she heroically left.
Then, happened the
coming of age. He was now ruling over his kingdom, and also found himself
marrying princess Padmavati of Paramar, who had a will of her own, as you would discover towards the end of the book. One after the other, he found himself in
so many wars. He did not want to, and if he was given the freedom to choose, he
probably would not have won over so many kingdoms or destroyed so much around
him.
Then, happened Princess Samyukta,
and the eternal love story that he has with her began. But Chandramouli does not let us forget how he took he on his horse. And the wars came into
focus too. He had not much of the harmony or peace or even a little of the love
he felt for Yogita, then Padma and then Samyukta. He would always be remembered
for his heroics, all over the north. And the eventual defeat by the Sultan Shihabuddin
of Ghur…
You can Read this Book, right here.
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