Tracing Panchaali’S life—from fiery birth and lonely childhood，where her beloved brother is her only true companion；through her complicated friendship with，the enigmatic Krishna；to marriage．

Narrated by Panchaali，the wife of the five Pandava brothers，The Palace ofIllusions finally gives a woman’S take on the timeless tale that is the Mahabharata．Tracing Panchaali’S life—from fiery birth and lonely childhood，where her beloved brother is her only true companion；through her complicated friendship with，the enigmatic Krishna；to marriage，motherhood and her secret attraction to the mysterious man who is her husbands’most dangerous enemy—it’8 a deeply human story about a woman born into a man’s world．