The Fisher Queen's Dynasty - Book Review
I love Mythology as much I love Mystery and Thrillers and that's the reason I signed up for a review copy on Writer's Melon when Kavita Kane's The Fisher Queen's Dynasty came up for review.
The blurb itself sounds so intriguing and here it what it has to say...
‘I learnt to love like a man—to love without feelings. And I shall never forget this lesson.’
Matsyagandha, Daseyi, Yojanagandha — the queen of Hastinapur, Satyavati. Abandoned as a baby, preyed on by a rishi, she hardens herself, determined that the next time she is with a man, she will be the one to win. And win she does: the throne of Hastinapur for herself, and the promise that her sons will be heirs to the kingdom. But at what cost?
In a palace where she is disdained and scorned, Satyavati must set aside her own loss and pain if she is to play the game of politics. She learns to be ruthless, unscrupulous — traits that estrange her from everyone around. Everyone, except the man she cheated of his birthright.
A piercing, insightful look at the grand matriarch of the Kuru family, the woman who set off the sequence of events that ended in the bloody battle of Kurukshetra, The Fisher Queen’s Dynasty will re-align your reading of the Mahabharata.
Here is my review of the book....
The story starts with Bhishm lying in a bed of arrows, his memories piercing him more than the arrows below him.He wonders when he will die or when he had died- was it when the throne and title was snatched away from him or the day when he failed to save the honor of women like Amba and Drupadi or was it when his father,two half brothers and nephew Pandu died! He lies there thinking about all that was destroyed or rather all that he destroyed for one woman -Satyavati!
The seeds for the downfall of the great Kuru Dynasty were unknowingly planted by Devavrat and Satyavati. Little did they realize that their seemingly 'small' act would change the fate of the Dynasty in the years to come.
Read the rest of the review on my other blog. Click here ...
At a glance
- Title - The Fisher Queen's Dynasty
- Author - Kavita Kane
- Pages- 325
- Publishers- Westland Publications Ltd
The blurb itself sounds so intriguing and here it what it has to say...
‘I learnt to love like a man—to love without feelings. And I shall never forget this lesson.’
Matsyagandha, Daseyi, Yojanagandha — the queen of Hastinapur, Satyavati. Abandoned as a baby, preyed on by a rishi, she hardens herself, determined that the next time she is with a man, she will be the one to win. And win she does: the throne of Hastinapur for herself, and the promise that her sons will be heirs to the kingdom. But at what cost?
In a palace where she is disdained and scorned, Satyavati must set aside her own loss and pain if she is to play the game of politics. She learns to be ruthless, unscrupulous — traits that estrange her from everyone around. Everyone, except the man she cheated of his birthright.
A piercing, insightful look at the grand matriarch of the Kuru family, the woman who set off the sequence of events that ended in the bloody battle of Kurukshetra, The Fisher Queen’s Dynasty will re-align your reading of the Mahabharata.
Here is my review of the book....
The story starts with Bhishm lying in a bed of arrows, his memories piercing him more than the arrows below him.He wonders when he will die or when he had died- was it when the throne and title was snatched away from him or the day when he failed to save the honor of women like Amba and Drupadi or was it when his father,two half brothers and nephew Pandu died! He lies there thinking about all that was destroyed or rather all that he destroyed for one woman -Satyavati!
The seeds for the downfall of the great Kuru Dynasty were unknowingly planted by Devavrat and Satyavati. Little did they realize that their seemingly 'small' act would change the fate of the Dynasty in the years to come.
Read the rest of the review on my other blog. Click here ...
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