1636: Mission to the Mughals
Autor: | Barber, Griffin Flint, Eric |
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EAN: | 9781476782140 |
Sachgruppe: | Belletristik |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Seitenzahl: | 432 |
Produktart: | Gebunden |
Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 04.04.2017 |
Schlagworte: | Fiction - General |
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-The United States of Europe, the new nation formed by an alliance between Swedish king Gustavus Adolphus and the West Virginians hurled back in time, need a reliable source of opiates for those wounded in action, as well as other goods not available in Europe. USE prime minister Mike Stearns sends a mission to the Mughal Empire of India with the aim of securing a trade deal with the emperor, Shah Jahan. Consisting of both up-timers and down-timers they arrive to find a grieving emperor obsessed with building the Taj Mahal, the emperor's sons plotting against each other and a war brewing with the newly risen Sikh faith. In the midst of all this they find an ally: brilliant Jahanara Begum, eldest daughter of Shah Jahan and a power in her own right. She wishes to learn more of these women who are free in a way she can scarcely comprehend---