Gandhi - Hardcover

Adams, Jad

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Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1605981710 ISBN 13: 9781605981710

Publisher: Pegasus Books, 2011

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“Provocative. Adams strips away Gandhi's saintly aura and explores the duality . . . of India's most famous leader.”―Financial Times

Jad Adams traces the course of Gandhi’s multi-faceted life, and the development of his religious, political, and social thinking over seven tumultuous decades: from his comfortable upbringing in a princely state in Gujarat; his early civil rights campaigns; his leadership through civil disobedience in the 1920s and 1930s that made him a world icon; and finally to his assassination by a Hindu extremist in 1948, only months after the birth of an independent India.

An elegant and masterly account of one of the seminal figures of twentieth-century history, Adams presents for the first time the true story behind the man whose life may truly be said to have changed the world. 16 pages of black-and-white photographs

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About the Author:

Jad Adams is a historian and television producer. He is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and is currently a visiting research fellow of the School of Advanced Study at the University of London.

Review:

“There have been enough hagiographies of this great figure, and after his death there was a concerted effort to erase some embarrassing truths from the Gandhi legend. This is a vividly human book.”
- The Daily Mail [London]

“For anyone trying to find a way through the myriad political byways of modern India and Pakistan, Adams’s biography is the perfect starting point.”
- The Glasgow Herald

“Adams focuses not on the idealized apostle of peace, but Gandhi the man.”
- Times of India (Mumbai)

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