Exciting stories that capture the magic, romance, secrets and sesuality of princely india tales of love and betrayal spread over the magnificent decades of the maharajas, with their harems of indian and european maharanis and mistresses, palaces, horses, rolls royces, tiger hunts, feasts and darbars an invaluable insight into a bygone era of opulesce and extravagance this book is an intimate and fascinating insight by diwan jarmani dass who rubbed shoulders with the rich and famous a brilliant recounting of first-hand experiences, it reveals tales of chivalry and sacrifice, of love and betrayal of the kings and princes under the british raj, and their eventual decline about the author: diwan jarmani dass born in punjab in 1895, was a minister in the states of kapurthala and patiala articulate in punjabi, urdu, english and french, he was highly decorated by the vatican and the governments of france, spain, morocco, egypt and many other countries he was also decorated by the rulers of kapurthala, patiala and bhawalpur states - from Amzon