THE MOGHUL

Based on real people (ca. 1620) – THE MOGHUL begins in a rip-roaring sea battlenorth of Bombay in which the vastly out-gunned adventurer, Brian Hawksworth,ship's captain and emissary of King James, blows away a flotilla of Portuguesegalleons to gain access to an Indian port. He's come to open trade for“barbaric” England and squeeze out the Portuguese, whotry to kill him at every turn. But once on land, he’s captive: the beauty andromance of the exquisite Moghul Empire seduce him from his material goals to anew 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 hechoose right? The future of England, andof India, depend on it. Assailed by intrigueand assassination, tormented by a forbidden love, enthralled by a mystic poet,Hawksworth engages war elephants, tiger hunts, the harem of the Red Fort ofAgra, the Rajput warriors at Udaipur, becomes intimate champion to Shah Jahan,(builder of the Taj Mahal), and, in his supreme test, plays the sitar with atouch that elicits from the great Shah – “Finally, my English friend – youunderstand.”

THE MOGHUL was immediately a European bestseller, optioned by Indian producerswho commissioned a six-hour mini-series, then Canadian producers with the BBC.

                             THE MOGHUL

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