"Paisley MacGregor, a maid to the rich, made a dying request to send all of her wealthy employers on a first-class wake to spread her ashes around the world. Amy has her suspicions about these 'mourners,' especially when one has a life-threatening 'accident' at the first stop in Paris. And when a mysterious American stranger tagging along with the group has his ticket punched in the shadow of the Taj Mahal, Amy knows she may have a killer on her tour"--Dust jacket flap.
Christina and Grant meet two new friends, Taj, and Mahal, when they visit the Taj Mahal, in India and things continue to become more strange as they spend more time there.
Offers a fictionalized account of the life of Mehrunnisa, a sixteenth-century empress of India whose love helped shape the course of the Mughal empire in the seventeenth century.
In the early seventeenth century, young Venetian Filippo Veroneo travels from Venice to Afghanistan to rescue his imprisoned father, Geronimo, and stops in India to raise the ransom by selling his father's beautiful diamond to the ruler Shah Jehan, who later uses the stone as the model for the Taj Mahal.
Explores fourteen new and ancient wonders of the world including the Great Wall of China, Petra in Jordan, Machu Picchu in Peru, the Colosseum of Rome, the Taj Mahal, the Pyramid of Giza, Pharos of Alexandria, and the Colossus of Rhodes.
Explores the history and architecture of India, featuring graphics, computer animation, and location footage. Examines how architectural glories such as the Taj Mahal reflect the character of the Indian people. Includes a graphic recreation of an Indus Valley City of the Second Millenium B.C.
