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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Abraham Eraly |
| ISBN: | 0753817586 9780753817582 |
| OCLC Number: | 57519526 |
| Description: | xvi, 555 p., [8] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 22 cm. |
| Contents: | Chapter 1 The Mughal Advent 3 -- Chapter 2 The Struggle for Survival 39 -- Chapter 3 The Afghan Interlude 71 -- Chapter 4 The Mughal Restoration 101 -- Chapter 5 The Empire Takes Hold 137 -- Chapter 6 An Experiment in Synthesis 181 -- Chapter 7 The Middle Empire 231 -- Chapter 8 The Paradise on Earth 297 -- Chapter 9 Over the Top 373 -- Chapter 10 The Maratha Nemesis 431 -- Incidental Data 523. |
| Responsibility: | Abraham Eraly. |
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This is a majesterial history covering six reigns of that larger-than-life empire... this paperback edition improves on the hardback with some full colour illustrations. SUNDAY TELEGRAPH Fans of Starkey or Schama should now look east with Abraham Eraly... This edition improves on the hardback with a sumptuous selection of Mughal art. -- Boyd Tonkin THE INDEPENDENT An entertaining and informative journey charting the rise of the Mughal dynasty while examining the lives, concerns and fascinations of the first six of the 11 Indian emperors... who each in their different way ruled with a ruthless, ego-driven aggression that helped preserve thrones, cities, artefacts and harems while advocating war, pillage and plunder. IRISH TIMES Eraly's exhilarating saga of India's great emperors celebrates the last golden age of India, a great multicultural period of imperial achievement. THE TIMES An unashamedly old-fashioned narrative history of the Mughal Emperors. SUNDAY TIMES Read more...