- Politics and government, East Indians, Biography, Statesmen
A first volume of a series detailing the life and work of the influential political advocate draws on private papers and other untapped sources to cover his birth in 1869 through his upbringing in Gujarat, discussing his London education and decades as a lawyer in South Africa.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and prestige.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- Ramachandra Guha
- First published
- 2013
- Pages
- 672
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Random House Canada, Alfred A. Knopf
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780385532297
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