1636: Mission to the Mughals

by Eric Flint

Other authorsGriffin Barber

Ebook, 2017

Status

Available

Call number

Fic SF Flint

Publication

Baen

Description

"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"--… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member jamespurcell

Much about the Mughals and little about Grantville. Clearly, a book to create the timeline environment for a 1632 intervention. Great period and place for an inoculation of "upTime" skills and information. The current crew sent to seek opium and saltpeter are shallowly portrayed but the locals are

appropriately full bodied and interesting.

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LibraryThing member John_T_Stewart

I found “1636: Mission to the Mughals” (the umpteenth book in the Ring of Fire series) to be quite interesting. I felt that the time travellers were much more bit players than normal. Unlike most of the other stories in the series it is focused on the locals in India responding to the historic

information about their country. Often the stories center around how the travellers in time use their knowledge to do things differently. While there are elements of that (mainly to do with childbirth, infections, and gunfire) mostly the story is the impact of the history knowledge from our time and how Indians are going to say “No. We will not become a part of the British Empire.” Of course this changes everything and India’s future has already become significantly different. I really hope that these characters and story are followed up on and expanded.

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LibraryThing member bgknighton

The Empire of India could be the key to preventing religious unrest in the centuries ahead. But the rulers are isolated from the commoners and the situation is always volatile.

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