Sophia Av Anita Anand

<b>**By the presenter of the hit podcast EMPIRE**</b><b><i>''Sophia</i> is the sort of remarkable, almost unbelievable untold true story that every writer dreams of chancing upon. A wonderful debut, written with real spirit and gusto. Anita Anand has produced a winner'' </b>William Dalrymple<b>''A fascinating and elegantly written life of one of the unknown giants of women''s suffrage'' </b>Katie Hickman, author of <i>Daughters of Britannia</i><b><u>The enthralling story of an extraordinary woman and her part in the defining moments of recent British Indian history</u></b><b>Winner of the Eastern Eye Alchemy Festival Award for Literature</b>In 1876 Sophia Duleep Singh was born into royalty. Her father, Maharajah Duleep Singh, was heir to the Kingdom of the Sikhs, a realm that stretched from the lush Kashmir Valley to the craggy foothills of the Khyber Pass and included the mighty cities of Lahore and Peshawar. It was a territory irresistible to the British, who plundered everything, in