Emperors Of The Peacock Throne, Abraham Eraly


Good Book- Too much Religious Traffic




 My personal thoughts about the book:

Eraly must have done extensive research before writing this book. A good book, but I must say; its too extensive & bit dull. The book starts well with early Mugal Era, but as the book progresses towards era of Akbar, the book takes a colour of a religious journal rather than a historic one. There is too much of religious traffic in the book. Eraly had written too much about the religion propounded by Akbar and about how Aurangzeb ridiculed Hindus during his reign. The Maratha saga given in the book, according to my observations, is somewhat a disconnect. When the author was writing about Marathas’ somewhere or the other he forgets to connect to the pivotal character of the book i.e. The Mugals and tried to bridge the gap abruptly. The book ends with Aurangzeb, an unexpected end to the story. Eraly could have done justice to the readers if he would have curtailed large part about this story telling qua religion and incorporating till Bahadur Shah Zafar- the last one from Mugal Sultanate. Anyways, give it a try. I may not have liked it too much but still I came to know lot many things about Mugals and their deeds etc.

Cheers,

Manish Tully

Comments

  1. Rupa30 May 2011 at 00:48

    Please translate this in English. :)

    And Please read some books other than "Historical books". Please no more "Kai" or so to say Indian version of "Kai".

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  2. Manish Tully30 May 2011 at 01:04

    Please use Google translation for the same. Y you always look forward for a easy way out....:)

    AND I do not read psycho books.....so no comments on them as of now.

    I will definitely put comment on other books soon.

    I would not be Kai or youshaan....

    One day you will find comments on my blogs from Mark Tully, William Dalrymple, Salman Rushdie, Ravi Subramanian etc......

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  3. Rupa30 May 2011 at 02:17

    Even Google cant translate what you have written.

    They are not psycho books....anyways....u cant understand, it will take many lives for you to reach to that level......

    Wish you good luck...i will read your comments on non-historical stuff.

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  4. Ankita19 May 2014 at 21:22

    I got this book yesterday only and i am yet to read it. Nice review. Thanks!

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