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Rupa Publications India CHANDRAKANTA by Devaki Nandan Khatri
Chandrakanta, Devaki Nandan Khatri’s extraordinary novel, first published in 1888, is set in the courtly world of princes and princesses, magnificent palaces and gardens The beautiful Princess Chandrakanta is imprisoned in an ancient tilisma, and waits to be rescued Her lover, the valiant Prince Birendra Singh, battles jealous rivals and tries to break the ancient enchantment in order to reach her The real protagonists of the story, however, are not the prince and the princess, but their secret agents, the spymagicians’ known as aiyaars