'Gandhi's stunning new biography by India's leading historian. The book is one of New York's Important Books for 2018. Gandhi lived one of the greatest lives of the 20th century, inspiring and enraging, provoking and mobilizing millions of people around the world. He lived almost entirely in the shadow of the British Raj, which for much of his life seemed a permanent fact, but which he dismantled more than anyone else, using revolutionary tactics.'

'In a world defined by violence on a scale never before imagined and by fierce Fascist and Communist dictatorships, Gandhi armed himself only with arguments and his own example. This magnificent book tells the story of Gandhi's life, from his departure from South Africa to his assassination in 1948. It is a book with the epic scope of Tolstoy, allowing us to see Gandhi as understood by his contemporaries and the vast, diverse Indian societies and landscapes he crossed and altered beyond all measure. Drawing from many new sources and inspired by the author's extraordinary sense of drama and politics, Gandhi's book is a significant re-evaluation of the critical years in the history of this titan.'

Pages: 1152, Dimensions: 12.9x12.9cm