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Set in the turbulent twilight of the reign of the Mughal Emperor of India, Jalaluddin Akbar, Jalendu tells the story of the socially awkward, but politically important young Prince Adinath and Jali, a handsome, spiritually inclined farm boy who becomes his bodyguard. Their unlikely friendship and love changes the fate of the empire. The small kingdom of Vindhyagarh sits in the Vindhya foothills between Prince Salim, the rebellious son of the emperor and self-declared Sultan of Ilahabad (present day Allahabad) and his powerful Bundela Rajput ally, Maharaja Vir Singh Deo of Orchha. But Salim in truth is no rebel. He is loyal to the power behind the throne, the women of the imperial household. The court nobility, led by the emperor's vizier Abul Fazl, see their power evaporating as the emperor seems powerless to oppose the wishes of the empresses or to act against his disobedient eldest son. They fear that when Salim become emperor, they will be reduced to mere servants. Abul Fazl vows that Salim will never sit on the imperial throne. Rana Jayaram of Vindhyagarh wants peace, but his efforts to ensure it draw his kingdom into a very dangerous political game. His youngest son has rarely left the palace because of illness and spends his time reading ancient Sanskrit texts, drawing and composing poetry. His only friends are his brother's widow and his old tutor. Jayaram sees a chance to extract his kingdom from danger by an alliance with the influential Kachwahas. An alliance by the marriage of Prince Adinath to a Kachwaha princess would not only tie Vindhyagarh to a Rajput house more loyal to the empire but into the imperial family itself. But there is one other person Adinath calls a friend, even though they have barely met. Jali is a mysteriously beautiful young recruit to the reserve of the Vindhyagarh Guard. When Adinath is invited to attend the imperial court at the great red fort in Agra, an invitation that cannot be declined, it is Jali he asks to accompany him as his bodyguard. But there is great danger in Agra for Adinath. Jayaram has negotiated a secret treaty between Prince Salim and his father's greatest enemy, Maharana Amar of Mewar. Adinath held hostage in Agra would force his father to reveal the existence of the treaty, a treaty that would be seen as treason by the emperor and plunge the empire into civil war.
Jalendu Mark Andrew Books
The first 40 percent of this book is largely descriptive and proceeds at a leisurely pace, introducing various characters and their background. Then the pace changes and we get an adventure tale and a romance between Jalendu and Prince Adinath. Jalendu is an attractive, but unusual young man. The author presents him as someone who gains deep insight in meditation at an early age, but who is trained as a warrior. Every reader will have to judge for himself or herself whether someone who comes into direct knowledge of his true self when he is still young would be likely to feel and behave like him. I had some doubts at times about this, but l enjoyed Jalendu as a character and the intuitive and often unexpected ways in which acts. The book has many other interesting characters. There also are physical action, fighting and scenes of historical warfare as the adventure tale picks up. The book contains some scenes of physical intimacy between men, but not many.I give the book four stars because of character development and because the later part of the book was fun to read for me. Readers who expect a narrative that is integrated more systematically among all parts of the book may be more critical. I should also point out that l have no special knowledge of the historical period in which the novel is placed. I enjoyed the description of the historical setting, but cannot judge its accuracy.
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Jalendu Mark Andrew Books Reviews
I enjoyed this book very much! I enjoyed how introspective Jalendu was about himself and the world around him. He took the necessary time to come to know himself and the things he wanted from life. That's very important. It did take him longer then I would have liked to find his life mate, but he got there in the end.
My only real complaint was the excessive politics involved throughout the book. Some of it was necessary to set the scene, but there was so much that it exhausted me.
The first 40 percent of this book is largely descriptive and proceeds at a leisurely pace, introducing various characters and their background. Then the pace changes and we get an adventure tale and a romance between Jalendu and Prince Adinath. Jalendu is an attractive, but unusual young man. The author presents him as someone who gains deep insight in meditation at an early age, but who is trained as a warrior. Every reader will have to judge for himself or herself whether someone who comes into direct knowledge of his true self when he is still young would be likely to feel and behave like him. I had some doubts at times about this, but l enjoyed Jalendu as a character and the intuitive and often unexpected ways in which acts. The book has many other interesting characters. There also are physical action, fighting and scenes of historical warfare as the adventure tale picks up. The book contains some scenes of physical intimacy between men, but not many.
I give the book four stars because of character development and because the later part of the book was fun to read for me. Readers who expect a narrative that is integrated more systematically among all parts of the book may be more critical. I should also point out that l have no special knowledge of the historical period in which the novel is placed. I enjoyed the description of the historical setting, but cannot judge its accuracy.
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