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The Life of Mahatma Gandhi

Louis Fischer author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Vintage Publishing

Published:24th Sep '15

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'The best biography of Gandhi... I was enthralled from the first page...it changed my life' Sir Richard Attenborough

Mahatma Gandhi became a legend in his own time. A tireless fighter for human rights and for Indian independence, his strategy of satyagraha, or passive resistance, earned him the admiration of millions. This biography offers a definitive account of Gandhi's life. It tells the story of one man who changed the world forever.

‘A monumental yet intimate biography, a vivid portrait of the man, the statesman and the saint’ The Times

Mahatma Gandhi became a legend in his own time.

A tireless fighter for human rights and for Indian independence, his strategy of satyagraha, or passive resistance, earned him the admiration of millions.

Louis Fischer's biography is the definitive account of Ghandi's life; it tells the astonishing story of one man who changed the world forever.

This is the perfect read to celebrate and understand Ghandi in the year of the 150th anniversary of his birth.

The best biography of Gandhi... I was enthralled from the first page...it changed my life * Sir Richard Attenborough *
A monumental yet intimate biography, a vivid portrait of the man, the statesman and the saint * The Times *
An important work * London Review of Books *
Generous and conscientious... You feel Gandhi would have liked it that way * New York Herald Tribune *
Equally successful in presenting the world figure with a cure for the world's woes and the plain little man with the kind look and smile * The Times *

ISBN: 9781784700409

Dimensions: 198mm x 130mm x 35mm

Weight: 399g

576 pages