The Root and the Flower

First published in 1935, this trilogy is set in exotic 16th-century India and records a succession of dynastic struggles during the reign of Akbar the great Mogul. It is an absorbing story of war, betrayal, intrique, and political power, as well as a moving study of the spiritual strenghts and weakn...

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Main Author: Myers, L. H. (Leopold Hamiltond1881-1944 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 1985
Series:Twentieth-century classics
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Summary:First published in 1935, this trilogy is set in exotic 16th-century India and records a succession of dynastic struggles during the reign of Akbar the great Mogul. It is an absorbing story of war, betrayal, intrique, and political power, as well as a moving study of the spiritual strenghts and weaknesses of Myer's characters. "An exciting exotic adventure story...a remarkbable work of imagination."--Iris Murdoch
Physical Description:583 pages 20 cm
ISBN:0192819119
9780192819116