Maharanis

1991 Viking trade paperback, Lucy Moore (Anything Goes: A Biography of the Roaring Twenties). This is the real story of women strong enough to both embrace and defy their traditions. The transition of India's female royalty from fairy-tale queens to powerful activists is examined as the colonial society merges into Asia's largest democracy. The author focuses on three ancient families, the Gaekwads, Narayans and Jaipurs, who ruled over separate Indian states endowed under British colonial rule as the 19th century is closing. - Amazon