Author: Alex Rutherford
ISBN 978-0-7553-4754-4
In his series “Empire of the Moghul”, the author: Alex Rutherford, as always relies on historical facts and deftly weaves them into a fictional biographical story that encompasses the mightiest and longest dynastical rulers of India, the Moghuls. Book 1 exulted the story of Babur the King and conqueror.
Book 2 : Brothers at War, is the story of Babur’s son and India’s second Mughal emperor, Humayun. His father leaves him with a vast empire stretching from the swamps of Bengal to Persia and the plains of Mongolia to the dusty plains of central India.
But with inheritance of the empire Humayun also inherits the scorn and hate of his three half brothers who start to plot to usurp his throne and take his life.
This book is an amazing intricate web of court politics and war planning. It also shows the fragility of power and anxieties of emperors.
A must read for adventure lovers and history buffs.
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