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![]() We meet Sita’s family living in a small rural town before she becomes a soldier to escape her grandmother’s attempt to sell her as a prostitute at a local temple. Lakshmibai ruled the kingdom of Jhansi until the British East India Company annexed its territories in 1857 after a brutal and bloody war. ![]() Our group found so much to discuss, I thought you might enjoy it, too. This is the story of Rani Lakshmibai, the Queen of Jhansi, told through the eyes of Sita, one of the queen’s Durgavasi–elite female bodyguards. Lisa from my in-real-life Book Club chose Rebel Queen in November. They are more like broken windows, with the owner trying to explain away all of the damage.” (Sita in Rebel Queen) ![]() “After all, memoirs are not open doors into another person’s house. ![]()
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