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Akbar and the Tricky Traitor
Mysteries you'll never find in history books!
The mighty Mughal emperor Akbar is angry. Someone is leaking secrets of his court to his enemies. What's worse, his enemies are now laughing at Akbar. Who can help the emperor solve this mystery?
The mighty Mughal emperor Akbar is angry. Someone is leaking secrets of his court to his enemies. What's worse, his enemies are now laughing at Akbar. Who can help the emperor solve this mystery?
80 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2014
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About the author
Natasha Sharma
101 books21 followersAn award-winning children’s books author, Natasha has published eighteen books for children till date. Beginning with her ever-popular book ‘Icky, Yucky, Mucky’, Natasha has written across age groups and formats from picture books, early chapter books, historical fiction to her new book in a graphic novel format, ‘The Good Indian Child’s Guide to Eating Mangoes’.
Often wielding humour on the page, her stories are known to lead to many giggles.
Her poems have featured in anthologies, course-books for schools and on the CBSE recommended reading list.
‘Shah Jahan and the Ruby Robber’ won the Best Illustrated Children’s Book in Comic Con India 2018 while ‘Razia and the Pesky Presents’ won the South Asia Book Award in 2015.
Another book ‘Bonkers’ received the SCBWI Crystal Kite Award for Asia and Middle East in 2014.
Her highly acclaimed History Mystery series has received numerous recognitions including the Rivo Kids Parent and Kids Choice Award. ‘Squiggle Takes a Walk’ and ‘Rooster Raga’ have featured on Flipkart’s Best Children’s Books in 2013 and 2014.
Natasha is an MBA with a graduate degree in Math and lives in Mumbai.
Often wielding humour on the page, her stories are known to lead to many giggles.
Her poems have featured in anthologies, course-books for schools and on the CBSE recommended reading list.
‘Shah Jahan and the Ruby Robber’ won the Best Illustrated Children’s Book in Comic Con India 2018 while ‘Razia and the Pesky Presents’ won the South Asia Book Award in 2015.
Another book ‘Bonkers’ received the SCBWI Crystal Kite Award for Asia and Middle East in 2014.
Her highly acclaimed History Mystery series has received numerous recognitions including the Rivo Kids Parent and Kids Choice Award. ‘Squiggle Takes a Walk’ and ‘Rooster Raga’ have featured on Flipkart’s Best Children’s Books in 2013 and 2014.
Natasha is an MBA with a graduate degree in Math and lives in Mumbai.
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October 28, 2022
Akbar's arch enemy, a Raja Adbhut, is somehow managing to keep tabs on Akbar - what he's eating, what he's doing. How? Who is the traitor leaking the Emperor's secrets, letting him be made the butt of jokes far and wide? Akbar sets his clique of (rather inept) trusted spies to find out.
I had read Natasha Sharma's Razia and the Pesky Presents and loved it so much, I was eager to read more books in the series. While this one is fun, too, I enjoyed it a wee bit less than the Razia book. The humour is a little less here (and given the trope of the ruler handing over an assignment to far-from-competent minions, a little repetitive). But I like the way Natasha Sharma weaves historical facts into the narrative, and Vandana Bist's drawings are simply superb - there's a detailed intricacy about them that's almost evocative of the great Mughal miniatures, though with a quirky humour to them.
I had read Natasha Sharma's Razia and the Pesky Presents and loved it so much, I was eager to read more books in the series. While this one is fun, too, I enjoyed it a wee bit less than the Razia book. The humour is a little less here (and given the trope of the ruler handing over an assignment to far-from-competent minions, a little repetitive). But I like the way Natasha Sharma weaves historical facts into the narrative, and Vandana Bist's drawings are simply superb - there's a detailed intricacy about them that's almost evocative of the great Mughal miniatures, though with a quirky humour to them.
February 6, 2019
Part of the history mystery series. But the characters were uni-dimensional and inauthentic. Forced humour
November 10, 2020
A very good book for children, and also a very funny book.
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November 17, 2016Strongly recommend this book for children who are fascinated by history. The author has skilfully woven an interesting and humorous fictional story based on well known facts about Akbar. It is fascinating how fiction can be combined with facts to produce an entertaining read as this one.
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