100 Iconic Love Stories from Cleopatra to Cinema
100 World Mysteries
PREFACE
The Physics Of Love Section 1
THE ROYALS & THE ANCIENTS 1. Cleopatra and Julius Caesar
2. Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal 3. Napoleon Bonaparte and Josephine 4. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert 5. Nicholas II and Alexandra 6. Peter the Great and Catherine I 7. Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson
8. Elizabeth I and Robert Dudley
9. Prince William and Kate Middleton
10. Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier of Monaco
11. Xuanzong and Yang Guifei
12. Wang Zhaojun and Huhanye Chanyu
13. Krotoa and Pieter van Meerhof
Section 2
THE INDIAN ROYAL LEGACY
14. Bajirao and Mastani
15. Prithviraj Chauhan and Sanyogita 16. Maharana Pratap and Ajabde
17. Shivaji Maharaj and Saibai
18. Raja Raja Cholan and Vaanathi
19. Rani Laxmi Bai and Gangadhar Rao
20. Rani Padmavati and Maharaja Ratan Singh
21. Rani Durgavati and the Brave General
22. Jai Singh and Mrignayani
23. Maharaja Jai Singh and Sushila
24. Joymoti and Gadapani
Section 3
MODERN POWER & POLITICS
25. Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt 26. John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy
27. Barack and Michelle Obama
28. George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush
29. Boris Yeltsin and Naina Yeltsina
30. Pierre Trudeau and Margaret Trudeau 31. Evita and Juan Perón
32. Manuelita Sáenz and Simón Bolívar 33. Saddam Hussein and Sajida Talfah 34. Feroze Gandhi and Indira Gandhi 35. Rajiv Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi 36. Abbie Hoffman and Anita Hoffman PART II
THE VISIONARIES Section 4
THE SCIENTIFIC MINDS
37. Pierre and Marie Curie
38. Albert Einstein and Mileva Maric
39. Charles Darwin and Emma Wedgwood
40. Carl Jung and Emma Jung
41. Gerty Cori and Carl Cori
42. Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin & Thomas Hodgkin 43. Richard Feynman and Arline Greenbaum 44. Alessandro Volta and Luigia Galeazzi
45. Pierre-Simon Laplace and Marie-Louise Section 5
THE EMPIRE BUILDERS
46. Bill and Melinda Gates
47. Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan 48. Mukesh Ambani and Nita Ambani
49. Narayan Murthy and Sudha Murthy 50. Coco Chanel and Boy Capel
51. Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre PART III
THE LUMINARIES
Section 6
HOLLYWOOD GOLDEN AGE & MODERN ICONS
52. Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton
53. Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy 54. Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall 55. Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller 56. Charlie Chaplin and Oona O'Neill 57. Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire
58. Judy Garland and Vincente Minnelli 59. Bette Davis and Gary Merrill
60. James Stewart and Gloria Hatrick McLean
61. Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth
62. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
63. Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson
64. Robert Redford and Barbra Streisand 65. Robin Williams and Marsha Garces 66. Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bhaduri 67. Shahrukh Khan and Gauri Khan 68. Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh 69. Dharmendra and Hema Malini 70. Sunil Dutt and Nargis
71. Sanjay Dutt and Manyata Dutt
72. Krishna and Vijayanirmala
73. John Lennon and Yoko Ono
74. Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney 25. Johnny Cash and June Carter 76. David and Victoria Beckham 77. Muhammad Ali and Lonnie Ali 78. MS Dhoni and Sakshi Singh Rawat PART IV
THE DREAMERS & THE MYTHS Section 7
THE LITERARY GIANTS & ARTISTS 79. Robert Frost and Elinor White 80. Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning 81. Mark Twain and Olivia Langdon 82. Pablo Neruda and Matilde Urrutia 83. Virginia Woolf and Leonard Woolf 84. The Brontë Sisters and Their Lovers 85. Mirza Ghalib and Asmat Begum 86. Catullus and Lesbia
87. Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera
88. Vincent van Gogh and Sien Hoornik
89. Leonardo da Vinci and Lisa Gherardini
90. Madanika and Nagasena
91. Heer and Ranjha
92. Laila and Majnu
93. Sohni and Mahiwal 94. Mirza and Sahiba 95. Anarkali and Salim
96. Devdas and Paro
97. Amaravati and Ambikapathy
98. Nongban and Pivainu
99. Unniarcha and Aromal Chekavar
100. Madanika and Nagasena AFTERWORD
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS