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THE MOGHUL was an immediate European bestseller, optioned by Indian producers who commissioned a six-hour mini-series, then Canadian producers with the BBC. Based on real people (ca. 1620) – THE MOGHUL begins in a rip-roaring sea battle north of Bombay in which the vastly out-gunned adventurer, Brian Hawksworth, ship's captain and emissary of King James, blows away a flotilla of Portuguese galleons to gain access to an Indian port. He's come to open trade for “barbaric” England and squeeze out the Portuguese, who try to kill him at every turn. But once on land, he’s captive: the beauty and romance of the exquisite Moghul Empire seduce him from his material goals to a new quest – of supreme sensuality in music, visions, and sacred lovemaking. India, ruled by the son of great Akbar, is about to pass to one of his sons. Hawksworth must choose sides, but will he choose right? The future of England, and of India, depend on it. Assailed by intrigue and assassination, tormented by a forbidden love, enthralled by a mystic poet, Hawksworth engages war elephants, tiger hunts, the harem of the Red Fort of Agra, the Rajput warriors at Udaipur, becomes intimate champion to Shah Jahan, (builder

Who reads The Moghul?

Author

Hoover, Thomas

Publisher

Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9780385175760

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Thriller

Rating

3.68 / 5 (187 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13