Brothers at War (Empire of the Moghul, Book 2)

By Alex Rutherford

The second one enchanting installment in Alex Rutherford's Empire of the Moghul sequence. 1530, Agra, Northern India. Humayun, the newly-crowned moment Moghul Emperor, is a lucky guy. His father, Babur, has bequeathed him wealth, glory and an empire which stretches 1000 miles south from the Khyber cross; he needs to now construct on his legacy, and make the Moghuls precious in their forebear, Tamburlaine. yet, unbeknownst to him, Humayun is already in grave threat. His half-brothers are plotting opposed to him; they doubt that he has the energy, the desire, the brutality had to command the Moghul armies and make them still-greater glories. possibly they're correct. quickly Humayun can be locked in a negative conflict: not just for his crown, not just for his lifestyles, yet for the life of the very empire itself. (less)

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He doesn't imagine i've got the brains or the braveness to do what i've got performed . . . ’ ‘I won't ever overlook you, my blood-sister. And whilst i'm empress in Agra, i'll ship for you . . . and if you want to come you can be handled with the best honour. ’ Hamida kissed Sultana’s cheek. ‘May God guard you. ’ The sky used to be in simple terms simply paling to the east whilst Humayun, wearing searching outfits like these round him, rode slowly in the course of the concentric partitions in the direction of the gatehouse that used to be the single go out from the citadel. a good black hawk given him by means of Maldeo was once on his wrist, shiny eyes hid underneath a jewelled and tufted cap of yellow leather-based. in the back of him, surrounded by way of Kasim and his different courtiers and commanders, have been the litters sporting Hamida, Khanzada, Gulbadan and the remainder of the ladies. After leaving Hamida final evening he had long past directly to his aunt and his sister to inform them of the peril and of what they need to do. actual Moghul princesses, that they had immediately grasped the location and obeyed him lightly and unquestioningly. Humayun’s blood was once pumping as tough as though he used to be driving into conflict as he led his get together closer to the gatehouse. within the delicate morning mild he may well see that the steel grille used to be nonetheless reduced. His eyes flicked left and correct, looking any signal of an ambush. although he had believed each notice Sultana had stated, he have been deceived sooner than during this position. additionally, Sultana herself could have been betrayed, possibly through an enemy in the haram thinking about her conferences with the Moghul empress. yet all appeared accurately. No arrow tip, no musket sticking out from a slit within the gatehouse. simply the standard guards. With seeming casualness, Humayun gestured to Jauhar who known as out in ringing tones, ‘Raise the gate. His Imperial Majesty needs to move hawking. ’ The captain of the defend, a tall guy in orange tunic and turban, hesitated. Humayun felt sweat trickle down among his shoulder blades and glanced down at Alamgir, striking at his part. throughout his again was once a whole arrow case. yet there has been no use for strength. After slightly a moment or , the Rajput captain shouted, ‘Raise the grille. ’ the lads above the gate begun turning the windlass to attract up the thick black chains from which the grille used to be suspended. Agonisingly slowly – or so it looked as if it would Humayun – creaking and shuddering the heavy iron grille rose. With each foot, so too did Humayun’s hopes, even though he stored his expression far away and a bit bored. even if the grille was once totally up, Humayun didn't hurry yet spent a second or adjusting the hawk’s leather-based hood. Then, with a wave of his hand, he and his little entourage trotted ahead. Slowly, in order nonetheless to not rouse suspicion, they rode down the steep ramp curving alongside the facet of the outcrop that very few weeks in the past that they had ridden up with such excessive hopes, out of the ceremonial arched gatehouse at its foot after which during the quiet streets of town the place the folk nonetheless slept. quickly they have been heading eastward, the seeping golden gentle of the emerging sunlight ahead of them, and into the sandy wastes that even though so antagonistic have been their top safeguard.

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