Alex Rutherford
A Kingdom Divided
Although 16th-century primary sources on the second Moghul emperor, Humayun, are available—there is the loving account, Humayunnama, by his half-sister…
Empire of the Moghul: The Tainted Throne
1606. It is five months since the death of the Moghul emperor Akbar, and his son Jahangir is crowned as…
Empire of the Moghul: Ruler of the World
This is the third in the Moghul quintet. The story opens in 1556. Akbar is the third ruler of the…
Empire of the Moghul: Raiders from the North
Raiders from the North is the first in a quintet of novels chronicling the rise and fall of the Moghul…
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