A book so startling that it changes your view of the world. One of the great love stories of all time.

Phillip Knightley

A most unusual friendship, one that, however divisive it had been, had brought comfort to a lonely Queen in the twilight years of her reign.

Daily Mail

Racy and well-researched

Shashi Tharoor

Shrabani Basu has written a charming, lively and rigorous narrative of the complex relationship between a slightly dotty Queen and a slippery Indian from Agra

Swapan Dasgupta, Outlook Magazine

A fascinating book, full of colourful details and Shakespearean characters...Shrabani Basu does not just write biographies, she creates drama

Girish Karnad

A charming tale which should have been told before

Stephen Halliday, BBC History Magazine