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Author : Minou Reeves
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Behind the Peacock Throne written by Minou Reeves and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Waldemar Hansen
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
ISBN 13 : 9788120802254
Total Pages : 610 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (22 download)
Download or read book The Peacock Throne written by Waldemar Hansen and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. This book was released on 1986 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Epics of history are rare and The Peacock Throne is one of them. No royal lineage offers such a spectacle of high drama as the Mogul Dynasty of India which created the world`s most famous monument-the Taj Mahal. Not since Greek tradedy has there been so stark a revelation of the excesses of human behavior: incest, fratricide sons revolting continuously against fathers and the madness of uncontrolled aggression. These are the forces animating The Peacock Throne which brings India to both Eastern and Western readers as never before.
Author : Abraham Eraly
Publisher : Penguin Books India
ISBN 13 : 9780141001432
Total Pages : 580 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (14 download)
Download or read book Emperors of the Peacock Throne written by Abraham Eraly and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 2000 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Stirring Account Of One Of The World S Greatest Empires In December 1525, Zahir-Ud-Din Babur, Descended From Chengiz Khan And Timur Lenk, Crossed The Indus River Into The Punjab With A Modest Army And Some Cannon. At Panipat, Five Months Later, He Fought The Most Important Battle Of His Life And Routed The Mammoth Army Of Sultan Ibrahim Lodi, The Afghan Ruler Of Hindustan. Mughal Rule In India Had Begun. It Was To Continue For Over Three Centuries, Shaping India For All Time. In This Definitive Biography Of The Great Mughals, Abraham Eraly Reclaims The Right To Set Down History As A Chronicle Of Flesh-And-Blood People. Bringing To His Task The Objectivity Of A Scholar And The High Imagination Of A Master Storyteller, He Recreates The Lives Of Babur, The Intrepid Pioneer; The Dreamer Humayun; Akbar, The Greatest And Most Enigmatic Of The Mughals; The Aesthetes Jehangir And Shah Jahan; And The Dour And Determined Aurangzeb.
Author : Eric Flint
Publisher : Baen Books
ISBN 13 : 1625798067
Total Pages : 679 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (257 download)
Download or read book 1637: The Peacock Throne written by Eric Flint and published by Baen Books. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 679 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The assassinated Shah Jahan lies entombed beside his beloved wife in the Taj Mahal, while their progeny drag the Mughal Empire into a three-sided struggle over the succession to the Peacock Throne. The diplomatic and trade mission from the United States of Europe is openly siding with Princess Jahanara and her brother Dara Shikoh. The mission, made up largely of Americans transplanted in time by the Ring of Fire, is providing the siblings with technical assistance as they prepare to fight their rivals for the throne, Aurangzeb and Shah Shuja. Meanwhile, the Afghan adventurer Salim Gadh Yilmaz, confidant of two emperors—Shah Jahan and now his son Dara Shikoh—has been elevated to the position of general. He has great challenges to face, not the least of which is resisting the fierce and forbidden mutual attraction between himself and Princess Jahanara. As the conflict deepens, the junior members of the mission are sent east to buy opium needed by the USE’s doctors. Their guide, merchant Jadu Das, has an agenda of his own, one entrusted to him by Jahanara: seek out her great uncle, Asaf Khan, and promise whatever is needed to bring his army over to Dara’s side. The USE’s mission was sent to India in search of goods needed in Europe. But now they find that straightforward task has become enmeshed in a great civil war—for control of the Peacock Throne. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management). About Eric Flint's Ring of Fire series: “This alternate history series is . . . a landmark . . .”—Booklist “[Eric] Flint's 1632 universe seems to be inspiring a whole new crop of gifted alternate historians.”—Booklist “ . . . reads like a technothriller set in the age of the Medicis . . . ”—Publishers Weekly
Author : Sujit Saraf
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1529355966
Total Pages : 1342 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (293 download)
Download or read book The Peacock Throne written by Sujit Saraf and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2020-08-11 with total page 1342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Irreverent, farcical and as enlightening as it is entertaining, The Peacock Throne is a novel of breathtaking scope and reach, which looks deep into the heart of human nature and into the soul of modern India. October 31 1984 begins like any other day for Gopal Pandey as he sets up his tea stall in a lane off Chandni Chowk, the most magnificent and crowded street in all Delhi. At its head lies Red Fort, once the home of the gem-encrusted Peacock Throne, symbol of the Mughal Empires dazzling might and of its downfall. By the end of the day, Indira Gandhi has been assassinated, violent riots have erupted and Gopal is the bemused possessor of a large sum of money. Fourteen turbulent years and four dramatic turning points in Indian history later, this myopic, bumbling man stands on the verge of immense political power. Gopal's unlikely journey is a tale of accidents, scheming, murder and tragedy, religious and political rivalries, corruption and hubris.
Author : Minou Reeves
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Behind the Peacock Throne written by Minou Reeves and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William H. Forbis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780060337087
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (37 download)
Download or read book Fall of the Peacock Throne written by William H. Forbis and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the history, geography, politics, religion, culture, and people of Iran and analyzes the fall of the Shah and the rise of the Ayatollah.
Author : William Dalrymple
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1635570778
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (355 download)
Download or read book Koh-i-Noor written by William Dalrymple and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the internationally acclaimed and bestselling historians William Dalrymple and Anita Anand, the first comprehensive and authoritative history of the Koh-i-Noor diamond, arguably the most celebrated jewel in the world. On March 29, 1849, the ten-year-old leader of the Sikh kingdom of the Punjab was ushered into the magnificent Mirrored Hall at the center of the British fort in Lahore, India. There, in a formal Act of Submission, the frightened but dignified child handed over to the British East India Company swathes of the richest land in India and the single most valuable object in the subcontinent: the celebrated Koh-i-Noor diamond, otherwise known as the Mountain of Light. To celebrate the acquisition, the British East India Company commissioned a history of the diamond woven together from the gossip of the Delhi Bazaars. From that moment forward, the Koh-i-Noor became the most famous and mythological diamond in history, with thousands of people coming to see it at the 1851 Great Exhibition and still more thousands repeating the largely fictitious account of its passage through history. Using original eyewitness accounts and chronicles never before translated into English, Dalrymple and Anand trace the true history of the diamond and disperse the myths and fantastic tales that have long surrounded this awe-inspiring jewel. The resulting history of south and central Asia tells a true tale of greed, conquest, murder, torture, colonialism, and appropriation that shaped a continent and the Koh-i-Noor itself.
Author : K. R. N. Swamy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (4 download)
Download or read book The Peacock Thrones of the World written by K. R. N. Swamy and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lisa Karon Richardson
Publisher : Lion Fiction
ISBN 13 : 1782641793
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (826 download)
Download or read book The Peacock Throne written by Lisa Karon Richardson and published by Lion Fiction. This book was released on 2015-11-20 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Miss Lydia Garrett's guardian is murdered, and the authorities refuse to investigate the odd circumstances, she vows to catch the culprit. The same night the Earl of Danbury is murdered in his bed. Against all odds it appears that the murders are related - and Anthony Douglas, the new Lord Danbury, is bent on revenge. The clues point to the former Earl's first naval command. In 1758 the Earl spirited away and hid the magnificent Peacock Throne at the behest of the Indian royal family. To draw out the murderer, Anthony and Lydia agree that they must locate the throne. However, they are not the only ones interested in the Peacock Throne. Marcus Wiltshire, agent of His Majesty's intelligence services, has received hints that Bonaparte intends to return the throne to India and leverage its mystical significance to foment rebellion and cut England off from her most important trading partner. When the amateur sleuths join forces with the professional agent, the quest for the throne leads them around the globe on an adventure steeped in danger, treachery, and romance.
Author : Parviz C. Radji
Publisher : Trafalgar Square Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book In the Service of the Peacock Throne written by Parviz C. Radji and published by Trafalgar Square Publishing. This book was released on 1983 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Theresa Edwards
Publisher : Struik
ISBN 13 : 9781770071322
Total Pages : 127 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (713 download)
Download or read book The Legend of the Peacock Throne written by Theresa Edwards and published by Struik. This book was released on 2005 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in South Africa. Three cousins, Julia, Jessica and Jarred, all living in various parts of southern Africa spend a July holiday together in the Drakensberg. They befriend a little girl named Dudu who introduces them to her family and village. This is where they first encounter the legend of the Peacock Throne, which was, according to Zulu legend, taken by king Chaka's impis and hidden somewhere in the mountains. The legend also claims that the person who finds the throne will die before he or she can tell anyone about it, unless born of the house of Chaka. When it's realised that Julia and Dudu are both descended from the Chaka clan, that is all the inspiration they need to search for the throne. Although an adventure story with all the exciting elements required of a really good children's tale, viz, mystery, danger, cameraderie and a satisfactory ending, it is also a tale that deals with many issues faced by modern children.
Author : Abraham Eraly
Publisher : Penguin Books India
ISBN 13 : 9780143102625
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (26 download)
Download or read book The Mughal World written by Abraham Eraly and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 2007 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It Is Hard To Imagine Anyone Succeeding More Gracefully In Producing A Balanced Overview Than Abraham Eraly William Dalrymple, Sunday Times, London In The Mughal World Abraham Eraly Continues His Fascinating Chronicle Of The Grand Saga Of The Mughal Empire. In Emperors Of The Peacock Throne He Gave Us The Story Of The Lives And Achievements Of The Great Mughal Emperors; In This Book, He Looks Beyond The Momentous Historical Events To Portray, In Precise And Vivid Detail, The Agony And Ecstasy Of Life In Mughal India. Combining Scholarly Objectivity With Artful Storytelling The Author Presents A Lively Panorama Of The Mughal World Emperors And Nobles At Work And Play; Harem Life; The Profligacy And Extravagance Of The Ruling Class Juxtaposed With The Stark Wretchedness Of The Common People. Meticulously Researched And Lucidly Narrated The Mughal World Offers Rare Insights Into The State Of The Empire S Economy, Religious Policies, The Mughal Army And Its Tactics, And The Glories Of Mughal Art, Architecture, Literature And Music.
Author : Waldemar Hansen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780317605778
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (57 download)
Download or read book The peacock throne written by Waldemar Hansen and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Fergus Nicoll
Publisher : Penguin Books India
ISBN 13 : 0670083038
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Shah Jahan written by Fergus Nicoll and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 2009 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Khurram Shah Jahan, a title meaning King of the World , ruled the Mughal Empire from 1628 to 1659. His reign marked the cultural zenith of the Mughal dynasty: a period of multiculturalism, poetry, fine art and stupendous architecture. His legacy in stone embraces not only the Taj Mahal the tomb of his beloved second wife, Anjumand Mumtaz Mahal but fortresses, mosques, gardens, carvanserais and schools. But Shah Jahan was also a ruthless political operator, who only achieved power by ordering the murder of two brothers and at least six other relatives, one of them the legitimately crowned Emperor Dawar Baksh. This is the story of an enlightened despot, a king who dispensed largesse to favoured courtiers but ignored plague in the countryside. Fergus Nicholl has reconstructed this intriguing tale from contemporary biographies, edicts and correspondence. He has also traveled widely through India and Pakistan to follow in Shah Jahan's footsteps and put together an original portrait that challenges many established legends to bring the man and the emperor to life.
Author : William Dalrymple
Publisher : Juggernaut Books
ISBN 13 : 9386228084
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (862 download)
Download or read book Kohinoor written by William Dalrymple and published by Juggernaut Books. This book was released on 2016 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This riveting tale of the Kohinoor, the worldÕs most coveted gem, unearths fascinating new information as it moves from the Mughal court to Persia to Afghanistan; from Maharaja Ranjit Singh's durbar in Punjab to the Queen of England's Crown. A thrilling tale, full of violence, drama and intrigue.
Author : Sujit Saraf
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780340899724
Total Pages : 770 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (997 download)
Download or read book The Peacock Throne written by Sujit Saraf and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 770 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dazzling, highly acclaimed novel of modern India - as shocking as it is affecting, as funny as it is serious.
