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• Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan
• The Age of Kali: Travels and Encounters in India (Text Only)
• White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century India
• City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi
• The Last Mughal: The Fall of Delhi, 1857