Some believed she was a Hyderabadi princess while others thought of her as a court dancer. Her origins are unconfirmed as are most facts in Indian history.

Having inspired the upcoming film starring Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone, the story of Peshwa Baji Rao is not complete without his absolute bewitchment (in a good way) by Mastani. The love these people had for their special someone might have been mere gossip in their day but it survived time in the form of changing the course of history and leaving monuments in memory of one another. How nearly the author has accomplished her purpose to give to the public in one volume a clear and complete treatise on this subject, combining many fine qualities of importance to the reader, the intelligent and experienced public must decide.History is filled with love stories that have been recorded through the ages and surprisingly nothing much has changed. Great pains have been taken to make this work superior in its arrangement and finish and in the general tastefulness of its mechanical execution. Her design in the preparation of this story is to give to the public a sketch of her ideas on the effect of “true love.” I have tried to make the plot exciting without being sensational or common, although within the bounds of proper romance, and create a set of characters most of whom are like real people with whose thoughts and passions we are able to sympathize and whose language and conduct may be appreciable or reprehensible according to circumstances.

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