<p><b><font>Now a major DisneyPlus Hotstar Special - THE EMPIRE is streaming now</font></b><br><br><b>The thrilling third book in the <i>Empire of the Moghul</i> series.</b><br><br>''A totally absorbing narrative filled with authentic historical characters and sweeping action set in an age of horrifying but magnificent savagery. The writing is as compelling as the events described and kept me eagerly leaping from one page to the next'' <i><b>Wilbur Smith</b></i><br><br><i>Keep your enemies close, and your sons closer...</i><br><br>The story of the third great Moghul Emperor, Akbar, leader of a triumphant dynasty which contained the seeds of its own destruction.<br><br>Akbar, ruler of a sixth of the world''s people, colossally rich and utterly ruthless, was a contemporary of Elizabeth I, but infinitely more powerful. His reign began in bloodshed when he strangled his treacherous ''milk-brother'', but it ended in glory. <br><br>Akbar extended his rule over much of Asia, skillfu