Empire Of The Moghul: Raiders From The North (2010) - Plot & Excerpts
3.5 stars. Fast-moving historical fiction following young prince Babur who, after his father's sudden death, becomes king of the small mountainous country of Ferghana (in the area of current-day Uzbekistan) at age 12 and is immediately plunged into a dangerous mess of rivalries and conflicting ambitions, helped only by a few loyal retainers and his sharp-witted grandmother, mother and sister. Young Babur must defend his small kingdom from internal and external enemies, but he also nurtures ambitions to emulate his great ancestors Timur (Tamburlaine) and Genghis Khan by building an empire. Unexpected turns keep things interesting through the ups and downs of Babur's and his family's fortunes on their way to becoming the Moghul dynasty. Balances action and a fair touch of familial soap-opera, and doesn't get bogged down in overly detailed accounts of battles or politics. Three stars and not one bit more. This book is enthralling but the author needs to keep her characters more alive with less cartoonish dialogs and more of what is going on inside of them.There's a lot of battles here, and believe me, a lot of battles and Babur is so bad keeping a throne that someone has to die and give him one as a present so He can finally get a kingdom.So It is not a bad book but could have been a lot better. On to the next one.
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Such Detail! Brilliant read...
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