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Excerpt from Tippoo Sultaun, Vol. 1 of 3: A Tale of the Mysore War While the events of the tale are in strict accordance with the history of the period, the scenery of the country is described from per sonal knowledge of its character, and there is scarcely a spot mentioned in these volumes, so far as India is concerned, of which the reality does not exist. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and clas...

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Excerpt from A Noble Queen, Vol. 2 of 3: A Romance of Indian HistoryOh! Thou art safe, thou art safe, my son 1 she cried, as 'she clung sobbing to his neck. I feared for thee I wept for thee I prayed for thee to the Lord and His saints, and I was heard, and as soon as the news was brought to me that thou hadst won the combat, I sent Fatehas to all the mosques and shrines, and to-morrow, Inshalla! I will feed a thousand poor people in the name ...

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Excerpt from A Noble Queen: A Romance of Indian HistoryIt was a fiery day in the end of the month of May I 59 when a small party of horsemen, evidently weary, from long travel, were passing over the plains which lie north of the Krishna river. They carefully avoided village and road tracks, and kept a steady course eastward across the cultivated and uncultivated ground which seemed well known to them. There were no hedges, as the fields are un...

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Excerpt from Confessions of a Thug, Vol. 2 of 3 Zenat's exclamation drew us to the window. "Quick!" she said, "look out, or you will lose the sight, they are even now passing the Char Minar." We did look out, and the sight was indeed magnificent. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. For...

Excerpt from Tippoo Sultaun, Vol. 2 of 3: A Tale of the Mysore WarGradually, however, all became more and more indifferent to these discomforts, and the few days which passed in the barracks, previous to their second embarkation, were as fully occupied as soldiers' time usually is when preparations for service, and that too of an active and spirit-stirring kind, are undertaken.The close of the year 1782 had brought with it an event of the most...

Excerpt from Tara, Vol. 3 of 3: A Mahratta Tale There is nothing, perhaps, more effectual to deaden, if not to relieve recent misery, than the sensation of rapid motion. Leaning back in the palankeen, with the doors now shut, and the fresh breeze blowing refreshingly through the open blinds, Tara felt herself hurried swiftly and smoothly along, while her attention was at once occupied and distracted by the occurrences of the journey. About t...

Excerpt from A Noble Queen, Vol. 3 of 3: A Romance of Indian History The triumphal entry of King Ibrahim II. into his capital was not only a glorious sight to its people, but an assurance that the long and disastrous wars between the rival States of Beejapoor and Ahmednugger were at an end. King Ibrahim had kept the field against the conspiracy of his cousin, the Prince Ismail, who was supported by a large portion of his own army under Eyn-oo...

Excerpt from Tippoo Sultaun, Vol. 3 of 3: A Tale of the Mysore WarThe ditch was already filled with our com panions, said the horseman, and we scrambled over their bodies, I found a horse near, and have ridden for my life to tell the news.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books us...

Excerpt from Tippoo Sultaun: A Tale of the Mysore War Towards the close of a day of intense heat, about the middle of the month of June, 1788, a party consisting of many persons might be seen straggling over the plain which extends southwards from the Fort of Adoni, and which almost entirely consists of the black alluvial deposit familiarly known in India under the name of 'cotton soil.' The leader was a man perhaps about fifty years of age,...

Excerpt from A Noble Queen, Vol. 1 of 3: A Romance of Indian History The favour with which my former Indian tales have been received has induced me to write another, in illustration of one of the most important epochs in the history of the Dekhan. The character of the noble Queen Chand Beebee is still popular in the country, and her memory is reverenced, not only as the preserver of Beejapoor, but for the heroic resistance she made to the Mog...

Excerpt from Tara: A Mahratta Tale In the year 1839, I became acquainted with the late Professor Wilson, and in course of conversation on the possibility of illustrating events in Indian history by works of fiction, the details of the present story, among other subjects, were slightly sketched out by me. He was interested in them, and suggested my writing the tale for "Blackwood's Magazine." I could not, however, then commence it, and deferre...

Excerpt from Ralph Darnell When I wrote "Tara, " it was to illustrate one of the events which had an important effect upon the history of India: the first blow against the dominant power of the Mahomedans, which was struck in 1657. A hundred years later, on the 23d of June 1757, a blow still more momentous in character fell upon all native powers in India, Mahomedan and Mahratta alike, by the foundation of a Political authority which, hereto...

Excerpt from Ralph Darnell, Vol. 1 of 3 When I wrote 'Tara, ' it was to illustrate one of the events which had an important effect upon the history of India: the first blow against the dominant power of the Mahomedans, which was struck in 1657. A hundred years later, on the 23d of June 1757, a blow still more momentous in character fell upon all native powers in India, Mahomedan and Mahratta alike, by the foundation of a Political authority ...

Excerpt from Tara, Vol. 2 of 3: A Mahratta TaleThe young Ashruf ran lightly along before the party, leading them, by narrow lanes and streets familiar to him, direct to the spot where the occurrences of the night had taken place, and under such guidance - for the boy's speed never flagged for a moment - Afzool Khan and his men arrived at the building where Fazil was waiting, almost ere the sun's rays were sparkling upon the tall minarets and d...

Excerpt from Tara, Vol. 1 of 3: A Mahratta Tale The history Of the period of this tale, ad. 1657, will be found at length in Scott's F erishta, ' and vol i. Of Grant Dufis 'history of the Mahrattas and to these works I beg to refer such of my readers as may be curious in regard to its particulars, of which a slight sketch may not, perhaps, be altogether out of place. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rar...