Glory of Patan by K.M Munshi - Character list

 Characters in Glory of Patan

Characters of Patan

1. Minaldevi - Queen
2. Prasann
3.  Jaydev-prince/future king
4. Jains
5. Mahajans
6. Tribuvan
7. Jati-Jain,
8. Devprasad
9. Munjal
10. Anand Suri
11. Mulraj Dev
12. Mehta-Munjal-might be same
13. Vimal shah
14. Vimla
15. Shantichandra
16. Maankumwar Ba
17. Uday Ba
18. Mandan Pal
19. Saubhagya Bai
20. Vachaspathi
21. Leelo
22. Karnadev-King
23. Hansa
24. Bhimdev Solanki -3 wives
25. Dungar Nayak
26. Vastu chand
27. Vinay chandra
28. Ratan Singh
29. Morar pal
30. Gambhirmal
31. Roopli-horse
32. Udo Marwari
33. Mandaleshwar
34. Nagarsheth
35. Dehasthali
36. Chandrapur
37. Lakhi
38. Bakuladevi
39. Vastupal Seth
40. Uday mati
41. Kshemraj Dev
42. Tilak chandra Sheth
43. Lakshman Ravat
44. Vallabh sen
45. Samal Barot-old guy without eyes
46. Mana Kothari
47. Vijay mall
48. Jorawar
49. Khenger Mandaleshwar
50. Madanpal Chavada
51. Ganpati
52. Kalyan Nayak
53. Matra Ben
54. Chitravijay
55. Ramsingh
56. Suamarsen Chopdas
57. Vishwapal
58. Vimal
59. Kalyanmal
60. Avanti
61. Malwa
62. Matra
63. Raimal ji
64. Malavraj
65. Baldev
66. Halar
67. Vikhrat-Vishwapal

City names could have been mixed like 2 ..3 

Moonlit Obsession - Summary

It’s the eighteen hundreds in England and the story begins with Anemone Carstairs working undercover as Letty Thane a helper for the daughter of the mansion of Earl lord Edward Pelham, Cecelia Pelham(there’s also her pervert brother Anthony). She is there to confirm if the lord is trading secret information to France for money, as the lord has lost all his money gambling and is still maintaining the household which led them to this suspicion.

She is the daughter of Thomas Carstairs who is in the military, working as a spy who trainer his own daughter to be a spy. She reports right now to Oliver whom she visits at off hours hiding from the Pelham household. On one such occasion she bumps literally into a dashing gentleman Stephan Burke(doesn’t know his name by then), she somehow escapes from his grasp, its dark so she’s hoping he hasn’t noticed.But next day turns out Mr.Stephan visits lord Pelham’s house introducing himself as a far cousin of the lord from America, which seems fishy and so she spy’s them and overhears lord Pelham and Mr.Burkes conversation and turns out Lord Pelham is indeed a traitor.

Meanwhile she gets a letter from her dad a decoded piece of information, warning her that she is in danger, and that she has to immediately return to him to New Orleans. It happens so that the lord is murdered in front of her by some One Eye guy, and is left with a note about a ship’s location which she had overheard from conversation between the lord and Me.Burke. She is discovered with the dead body of the lord by Stephan with the note in hand.Being a spy her immediate reaction is to burn the note which she does. Stephan gets angry and takes anemone with him to his journey through a ship to America.

Eventually she reveals the location of the ship and finds out that Mr Stephan whom she suspected to be a American spy is just here to help his friend who has been captured as a slave in this particular ship whose information he was supposed to get from the lord. Their romance also blooms here, so they do manage to rescue his friend Jonny from the ship who has come to hate Brit’s now. So he creates misunderstandings between Burke and Anemone, Anemone leaves the ship without Stephan, heartbroken, and reaches her father who has a new mission here to catch the spider through De Vauban, who is a confidante of the French king Nepoleon bonaparte.He is scheming to kill lord Bramford not clear why (so there’s discussion about who this spider is between Anemone and Burke in Pelham house as well). So spider is a rogue spy who does not work for any country right now and has killed lord Pelham and many others and the reason for these killings in unclear as if not patriotism then why did he kill them?

Eventually Burke reaches Anemone and her dad and works with them to find spider and turns out Oliver is the spider and why did he become spider because he wasn’t given the honour he was suppose to get by his country. He is under the delusion that England has betrayed him.

Misunderstanding between Anemone and Burke is cleared and they move to America to Burkes family.

Indian Classics and Indian Historical books Recommendations

 

Rabindranath  Tagore

1. The wreck
2. Three women
3. Home and the world (ghare baire)

Munshi

1. The Glory of Patan series

Ashwin Sanghi

1. The Krishna Key

Kavita Kane

1. Karna's wife
2. Fisher Queens dynasty
3. Tara's truce

• Timeless tales of marwar - Vijaydan Detha
• Kadambari of Bana - Banabhatta C M Ridding
• Nala Damyanti: An Eternal Tale from Mahabharata - Anand Neelakantan

Historical Romance Recommendation by 10 different Authors

Note: The order is not based on ratings, its rather random 

1. Little Women

2.Pride and Prejudice                                  Mansfield Park

                          

3.Until you

4.Gone with the wind

5.The Enchanted Barn

6.Secrets Of a Proper Lady

7.Everything And the Moon

8.Ransom

9.The Temptation of your Touch

10.Bringing Down the Duke

 

Snow flower and the secret fan

 

This is a story of 2 sisters bound by a cultural practice of Laotong (old sames). They are bound to share things they go through after marriage.

The life story of the two sisters, their life and decision not in their control in a patriarchal society. One is married to a rich person the other to poor, though both unhappy in their own ways. The ancient rural china with its fields and visualizations was really good. 

The concept of binding 2 women as kindred sisters throughout life is something which is needed in the modern world so that it makes you feel that there's a companion other than your husband to share your thoughts with.

If you have loved reading Memoirs of Geisha you will surely like this book.

Gone with the wind

 This is an all time Classic which brings back the American Civil war.

I absolutely loved reading it (though I did not watch the movie). It was a long read, you do not feel like putting it down. The title does it so much justice, everything is really gone with the wind once you finish the book.

Scarlet O'Hara. Quite an inspirational character, though she has made many mistakes in her life. 

The angst, the biases(gender and racial), its a full pack of all kinds of emotions. You might feel Scarlet is a gold digger but the situations through which she had to go weren't easy. The pre war , war and post war is portrayed from a loosing opponent's view(The Southerners) Their glorious past and post war sufferings makes your heart cringe.  The cotton planation Tara and its description will make you go back in time, to enjoy the beautiful sunsets in this plantation.

Few things will irritate you, and that is Scarlets infatuation or love or whatever she things it is towards Ashley. The book is written in such a way that it makes you hate Scarlet for the blunders she commits.

Rhet Butler, The speculation as to what's between Rhet and Scarlet keeps you pinned . Both the characters Scarlet and Rhet are not entirely good people nor completely bad. The decisions they take, the effect those decisions have on their life is worth reading.

I need to mention two other character which I liked in this book Scarlets parents. Her mom Ellen  and her dad Mr. O'Hara. Both are on the other end of  the extremes but you will end up liking both these extremes at the end. 

I did not like Ashley or Melanie or any of the Atlanta characters much, as they make you feel their presence not likable in the book probably meant not to be liked.

I cannot end the review without mentioning one character that is Prissy. These are iconic characters, the way prissy makes you laugh given the war situation in the background is ironic to read. But she does make you laugh with her clumsiness.

A must read book in a life time, gives you a different perspective to life after reading it.

Ready Player One

This is a gaming book. 

The hunt for the egg in the gaming world OASIS is quite breathtaking. You will like the characters in it. Especially Wade's friend Aech. 

It was a page turner and a easy read, meant for high school and college "the teenage group".

The reference to pop culture might bother you a little if you are not familiar with it, but its not the only thing the book focuses on. You will love the chase. The gaming world in beautifully described by author ,makes you feel you are one of the player.

The romance part of Wade with Art3mis(by the way all these names are names which a user gives before starting the video game, not the actual names.) is heartwarming.

A must read book if you want a action packed plot with light humor and romantic angle to it.