Available here in one volume, Myers' great trilogy (The Near and the Far, Prince Jali and Rajah Amar) is set in exotic sixteenth century India and records a succession of dynastic struggles during the ruinous reign of Akbar the Great Mogul.
It is also a story of personal strength and weakness - as Rajah Amar balances his piety against his public responsibilities his son, Prince Jali, is led into a life of decadent materialism in his search for new experience.
