The Peacock Throne: Drama of Mughal India

This book provides a vivid psychological portrait in depth of the vice ridden Mogul royalty who in every way are as fascinating as European kings and queens. Among unforgettable characters are Akbar with his rude genius; opium-eater Jahangir and his power-mad consort Nur Jahan; the fiendish Princess Raushanara who secertly kept nine boys in her apartment to divert her nad Aurangzeb, the most obessive Mogul of them all. Seizing the peculiar dynamics of the dynasty itself.

• Author
• Waldemar Hansen

• Format
• hardcover

• Pages
• 572

• Publisher
• Motilal Banarsidass,

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9788120802254

• Genres
• history, india, asia

• Release date
• 1986