Cuckold

Early in the sixteenth century Mewar is the strongest of the Rajput kingdoms, fighting Delhi, Gujarat and Malwa on its borders, while inside its walls a quieter contest over who will follow the Maharana goes on. The heir apparent tells the story himself. Left to govern Chittor while his father campaigns, he locks up a younger brother who reaches for the throne and so makes a lifelong enemy. A careful strategist who would rather fall back than die gloriously, and who plans drains for the capital, he questions the codes of valour and honour that govern his feudal world. His young bride from Merta turns him away the first night they spend together, saying she belongs to Krishna, and grows into a revered singer-saint with followers of her own. All the while he follows Babur's growing power in the north and judges it the gravest danger of all.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Genres

Historical, War, Politics (assigned by AI)

Set in

India, early 16th century

First published

1997 by HarperCollins Publishers India

Author's age

55 when first published

ISBN

9788172232573 (HarperCollins Publishers India, India)

9788172233600 (HarperCollins India, India)

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