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Rogues and Rajas: Dark Tales for Tumultuous Times

SV Iyer

THE OLD STORIES TEACH US HOW SOME CONQUER TEMPTATION, SIDESTEP MISFORTUNE AND RISE ABOVE THEMSELVES.

AND HOW SOME LOSE THEIR DISPUTE WITH THE DEVIL...

A prince so reviled that he is determined to become the monster everyone calls him. A queen who crushes every challenger who dares to rise. A craftsman who uses his divine talents to steal from the state treasury. An executioner whose paradisiacal garden veils macabre designs. Be it king or knave, queen or slave, minister or minion, the barbaric instinct that might is right echoes and re-echoes across lifetimes.

Dramatically revealing the gambles, betrayals and plots of fierce and ferocious rulers of ancient India – from Ashoka of Magadha to Shashanka of Bengal and from Didda of Kashmir to Peruvalathan of Tamilakam – and of commonfolk no less menacing, these are tales of an age when intrigue was rife and offence was the first defence.

Gripping and intense, Rogues and Rajas opens a rare window to a shadowy past, eloquently exposing the underside of the soul and questioning how far we have come today.

  • Classification : HISTORICAL FICTION
  • Pub Date : NOV 2, 2023
  • Imprint : Hachette India Children's Book
  • Page Extent : 232
  • Binding : PB
  • ISBN : 9789357312622
  • Price : INR 499
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SV Iyer

SV Iyer is a scientist by training and a publisher by profession. Previously editor-in-chief at Knowello, a business and finance platform, and managing editor at Jaico Publishing House, Iyer has embarked on journeys from Bollywood to Belgium in a quest for exceptional content, innovative concepts and gifted authors. Hailing from Kanyakumari and currently residing in vibrant Mumbai, Iyer pursues writing for a livelihood, dabbles in anthropology for leisure, and avidly gathers rare narratives of trade and warfare along the Indian coast.

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