Rattu & Poorie's Adventures in History 1857
- Publisher : Penguin Random House
- Publishing year : August 2019
- Binding : Paperback
- ISBN : 9780143444374
- Imprint : Puffin Books
- Age Group : Early Reader
- Language : English
'Come along, then,' said Lakshmi Bai and Jhalkari Bai. 'Come along and listen.'Rattu is in a bad, mad mood. Her bossy ol ...
'Come along, then,' said Lakshmi Bai and Jhalkari Bai. 'Come along and listen.'Rattu is in a bad, mad mood. Her bossy older sister, Poorie, has taken her toys and gone off to play without her. Rattu has made ghastly faces at everyone: Roundy the cat, Shanti the cook and Mama as well. But none of this makes her feel any better. She wishes she had a soldier to protect her and take her side. No sooner does she make the wish than the ground begins to shake-and suddenly, there's not one, but two soldiers in the room!So begin Rattu and Poorie's grand adventures in the Uprising of 1857, and their encounters with its heroes: from Rani Lakshmi bai of Jhansi and Nana Sahib of Kanpur to the last Mughal Emperor, Bahadur Shah Zafar.
Parvati Sharma's debut, The Dead Camel and Other Stories of Love, earned her a cult following for its depictions of love and sexuality in urban India. Her novella, Close to Home, was acclaimed as 'tender, acute and pulsing with real Indian life'. She has also written a book for children, The Story of Babur. Sharma has worked as a travel writer, editor and journalist
