By Alex Rutherford
Book Details:
ISBN: 0312597037
EAN: 9780312597030
ASIN: 0312597037
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Publication Date: 2013-05-28
Number of Pages: 448
Website: Amazon, LibraryThing, Google Books, Goodreads
Synopsis from Amazon:
India, 1606. Jahangir, the victorious Moghul Emperor and ruler of lots of the Indian subcontinent, is doomed. No quantity of wealth and ruthlessness can shield him from his sons' hope for strength. the fantastic Moghul throne is worthy any volume of bloodshed and betrayal; as soon as Jahangir raised troops opposed to his personal father; now he faces a bloody conflict with Khurram, the ablest of his warring sons. Worse is to return. simply because the heirs of Timur the good proportion intelligence, actual energy, and utter ruthlessness, additionally they have an outstanding weak spot for wine and opium. as soon as Jahangir is tempted, his gifted spouse, Mehrunissa, is barely too prepared to soak up the reins of the empire. And with Khurram and his half-brothers each one nonetheless made up our minds to be their father's inheritor, the savage conflict for the Moghul throne may be extra ferocious than even Timur may have imagined.The Tainted Throne, the fourth installment in Alex Rutherford's the world over bestselling historic experience sequence, is determined within the Moghul Empire, that includes a tradition such as the Dothraki in A video game of Thrones
GoodReads writer Information:
Author Name: Alex RutherfordAuthor Description: Alex Rutherford is the pen identify of Diana Preston and her husband Michael. either studied at Oxford collage interpreting historical past and English respectively. they're willing guests and feature now clocked up visits to over a hundred and forty of the world's countries.
Says Diana 'our maximum love is India the place we've spent a minimum of a yr of our lives. Our examine into the construction of the Taj Mahal for our non-fiction publication 'A Teardrop at the Cheek of Time', led us to discover the early historical past of the dynasty which outfitted the Taj – the Moghuls. to assist us get contained in the heads of the founders of the Moghul dynasty for our fiction quintet 'Empire of the Moghul', we've learn the entire chronicles of the time. through the years we've additionally retraced the stairs of the Moghuls from the Ferghana Valley in Kyrgyzstan – domestic to the 1st Moghul emperor, the boy-king Babur – to Iran and to the blue domes and minarets of Samarkand in Uzbekistan, around the crimson deserts to the Oxus River, over the Hindu Kush to Kabul and Afghanistan and down during the Khyber go to the plains of northern India.
'In truth, except on one social gathering after we have been stranded on a distant island off the coast of Borneo and compelled to conceal from pirates, a few of our hairiest moments whilst traveling were whilst gaining knowledge of our non-fiction books. whereas engaged on our ebook approximately Captain Scott and the race for the South Pole, 'A good Tragedy', the Russian study vessel on which we have been crusing into Antarctica's Ross Sea was once approximately misplaced in a single of the worst storms in Antarctic historical past with a hundred and forty knot winds (over 240 kilometres consistent with hour) and 20 metre excessive waves. The lifestyles rafts washed overboard and the superstructure iced over just like the within an previous refrigerator, placing us at risk of capsizing. On one other party whereas getting to know our booklet on one in all our favorite characters the buccaneer-naturalist William Dampier, 'A Pirate of beautiful Mind', we set out in his footsteps to move the Darien Isthmus in Panama with neighborhood Indian courses. We needed to evade FARC guerrillas, Colombian paramilitaries and the lethal fer de lance snake, within the latter case wading waist excessive in rivers – our advisor claimed snakes can't chunk and swim on the related time!'
Author URL: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3041767
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He seized him through the throat, driven his thumbs into his Adam’s apple and squeezed not easy until eventually he had extinguished all of the lifestyles from the fellow and his physique grew limp. Heaving it apart, Khurram struggled to his toes and staggered out of the river, water dripping from his outfits and filling his boots, relieved to be alive. As he emerged he observed that considered one of his males had stuck his black horse. The our bodies of not less than 5 of his guards have been scattered immobile alongside the riverbank whereas of his comrades have been aiding to bind the deep bleeding lower within the arm of one other, a tender Rajput, who was once biting his lip to prevent crying out in discomfort as they did so. even though, as he remounted Khurram was once happy to determine that there have been extra our bodies of his enemy than of his personal males and they had retreated, leaving that a part of the battlefield to the Moghuls. ‘Where have Malik Ambar’s males long past to? ’ ‘Back alongside the river in the direction of the valley’s finish, including many extra in their partners. ’ ‘Have we secured the barricades? ’ ‘Yes, Highness,’ stated Kamran Iqbal, who had simply ridden up, respiring seriously. ‘There are a number of wallet of resistance yet we’re mopping them up simply sufficient. ’ ‘Well, let’s pursue these chickening out yet take care. The fires are subsiding and the smoke is dispersing. We’re extra noticeable and more uncomplicated goals for musketeers and archers hiding in the back of timber. Let’s circulate quickly and persist with the riverbank the place there are fewer hindrances. ’ As he spoke Khurram dug his heels into his horse’s flanks once again and driven on alongside the riverbank. quickly he and his males came across a band of fleeing archers and infantry. such a lot had thrown down their guns yet one archer, possibly understanding dying used to be inevitable, crouched down and aimed his bow at Khurram. certainly one of Khurram’s bodyguards lower him down with a sword lower throughout his again yet no longer earlier than he had despatched his black-feathered arrow hissing in the direction of the prince. It thudded into his gilded saddle, grazing his thigh because it did so. Khurram felt no soreness yet used to be conscious of blood working down his leg. Ignoring it, he rode on for an additional few hundred yards till he got here to a couple strains of tents in a clearing. All seemed deserted and several other have been burning, possible set afire through Malik Ambar’s chickening out males. Leaving the camp at the back of, Khurram persevered together with his bodyguards alongside the river which was once narrowing forever because the valley itself grew steeper and extra enclosed. unexpectedly a few photographs rang out from one of the bushes and one of many bodyguards fell, hit within the brow by means of a musket ball. Rounding a bend within the river, Khurram observed one other barricade of tree trunks forward from in the back of which a few musketeers have been firing. The song used to be too slender to permit him to swerve so he kicked his horse on in the direction of the barricade as numerous bullets whistled during the air round him. notwithstanding, his success held, and either he and his horse have been unscathed as they jumped the tree trunks. shortly the defenders scattered and bumped into the encircling brush and timber. yet one officer, whose darkish pores and skin and lines instructed Abyssinian blood like that of Malik Ambar himself, tripped over a few gnarled tree roots and sprawled complete size at the flooring.