In Search of Amrit Kaur

Livia Manera is a wonderful detective-companion to lead us through this rich and complex world of princesses and prisoners of war, love and deceit, secrets and discovery... a thoroughly engaging read
'Remarkable and compelling. I loved this book' * Edmund de Waal *
Nuanced but relentlessly curious, Livia Manera Sambuy has a gift not only for listening to other people's stories but for probing and unfolding exceptional narratives. In Search of Amrit Kaur - an ambitious, absorbing work that peels back the layers of its enigmatic subject and digs deeply into the author's own emotional vicissitudes - is her crowning jewel
'An exemplary sleuth, both astute and open-minded . . . Manera Sambuy writes with impassioned style and insight' * Telegraph *
Fascinating * TLS *
An intimate and engrossing portrait of an extraordinary woman by a writer whose sense of story and place is perfect in every way -- John Zubrzycki, author of THE HOUSE OF JAIPUR
Part personal odyssey, part history, part detective story, In Search of Amrit Kaur is a vivid and intriguing account of the quest - spanning three continents - to uncover the story of a tragic Indian princess -- Katie Hickman, author of SHE-MERCHANTS, BUCCANEERS AND GENTLEWOMEN
A remarkable book about an extraordinary woman... impossible to put down. It offers a rare window into a vanished and exotic world -- Rudrangshu Mukherjee, author of NEHRU & BOSE
A luminous portrait of both Amrit Kaur and Livia Manera: two exceptional women who had to question their assigned fates as daughters, wives, lovers and mothers in order to define themselves -- Judith Thurman, author of SECRETS OF THE FLESH
Plenty of jewels, plenty of balls, plenty of secret agents and adventurous characters but also plenty of pain in the story that Manera tells, intertwining the destiny of a special woman to the vortex of equally special times. * Il Sole 24 Ore, Italy *