Reprint of the original, first published in 1880.

The most beautiful queen meets her match... Queen Hetid, the world's most beautiful queen, is sought after by countless bachelors. In fact, she's been proposed to four hundred and fifty-six times by fifty-seven different men over the last two centuries. She's so well-loved, she never expected to be targeted by assassins... until now. After a brush with death, she's rescued by Noah Kidd, the roguish friend of elven King Nils. But what are Noah's motivations? Could he be hiding his true intentions?

A Noble Queen is a novel written by Philip Meadows Taylor that illustrates one of the most important epochs in the history of the Dekhan. The book features the life of the noble Queen Chand Beebee whose memory is reverenced, not only as the preserver of Beejapoor, but for the heroic resistance she made to the Moghul armies in their first invasion of the Dekhan and siege of Ahmednugger.