Livia Manera Sambuy

Livia Manera Sambuy is an Italian-American journalist, translator and author. She has worked as a literary journalist and cultural commentator, bringing a European sensibility and transatlantic perspective to her writing. In Search of Amrit Kaur tells the remarkable true story of Princess Amrit Kaur of Mandi, an Indian princess whose life took a dramatic and tragic turn in early twentieth-century Europe. Sambuy's investigation into Amrit Kaur's story combines detective work, historical research and vivid narrative to bring alive a woman whose extraordinary life crossed continents and social worlds. The book explores themes of colonialism, displacement, identity and the forgotten stories of women who lived between cultures and eras. Available as both a book and an audiobook, In Search of Amrit Kaur offers fascinating listening and reading for fans of narrative non-fiction, biography and hidden histories that illuminate the overlooked lives of remarkable women.