The Great Mughals and Their India, Dirk Collier
The Great Mughals and Their India, Dirk Collier
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The Great Mughals and Their India

Author: Dirk Collier

Narrator: John Lee

Unabridged: 14 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/27/2023


Synopsis

A definitive, comprehensive and engrossing chronicle of one of the greatest dynasties of the world—the Mughal—from its founder Babur to Bahadur Shah Zafar, the last of the clan the magnificent Mughal legacy is an inexhaustible source of inspiration to historians, writers, moviemakers, artists and ordinary mortals alike. Mughal history abounds with all the ingredients of classical drama: ambition and frustration, hope and despair, grandeur and decline, love and hate, and loyalty and betrayal. Mughal history deserves to be widely read and reflected upon, because of its lasting cultural and socio-political relevance to today's world in general and the Indian subcontinent in particular. The Mughals have left us with a legacy that cannot be erased. With regard to the eventful reigns of Babur, Humayun, Akbar, Jahangir, Shah Jahan, Aurangzeb and their successors, crucial questions arise: Where did they succeed? Where did they fail? And more importantly, what should we learn from their triumphs and failures? In The Great Mughals and Their India, he has kept these objectives in mind in an attempt to narrate Mughal history from their perspective. At the same time, he does not shy away from dealing with controversial issues. Here is a fascinating and riveting saga that brings alive a spectacular bygone era—authentically and convincingly.

About Dirk Collier

Dirk Collier's passion for Asian culture and history was aroused as a result of his travels throughout the continent, predominantly in China and India. In 2011, he published The Emperor's Writings, a historical novel on the life and times of Akbar the Great (1542-1605); in 2013 came his essay Paths to Peace: Religion, Ethics and Tolerance in a Globalizing World, with a foreword by H.E. Herman Van Rompuy, honorary President of the European Council, and in 2015, he published The Great Mughals and Their India, a nonfiction chronicle of one of the greatest dynasties in world history-the Mughal-from its founder Babur to Bahadur Shah Zafar, the last of the clan.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Sajith on September 26, 2016

An enchanting piece of work combining the entertainment of fiction with the levelheadedness of history. The Mughals ruled India only for two centuries in the real sense of the term. But the legacy they’d left behind, in the country’s culture, languages, art, architecture and society is indelible. The......more

Goodreads review by Moshiur on October 29, 2018

Nice book to know the history of mughal empire. Worth reading.......more

Goodreads review by Derek on August 22, 2023

An excellent narrative of the reigns of each of the Mughal emperors.......more

Goodreads review by Hemant on March 20, 2020

This book “the great Mughals and their India” is brilliantly written with all the details in the chronicle order. This book is perfect for those who are interested to know about the history and/or creation of mughal empire in the sub-continent. Also, this book provides enough separate detail about e......more