Ranjit Singh by Khushwant Singh

Ranjit Singh by Khushwant SinghThe classic biography of one of India's greatest rulers. Ranjit Singh was in every way as remarkable a man as his contemporaries, Napoleon and Mohammed Ali. From the status of petty chieftain he rose to become the most powerful Indian ruler of his time. His empire extended from Tibet to the deserts of Sindh and from the Khyber Pass to the Sutlej. His army was one of the most powerful of the time in Asia and was the first Indian force in a thousand

full of mordant wit and disturbing truths

the low stifled sound that arises from the bottom of the soul

In the heat-ravaged south the Gurkish are massing to assault the city of Dagoska

survives an accident that otherwise tears his life apart

only to find myself a prisoner of the army of Fourth Kingdom

She sends Bruno away and settles down to a life alone

and newly added second and third appendices

But after an amazing time with London

But a free ride to one of the world's most prestigious universities was bound to come with a catch

she sees a slip of paper containing a forgotten word flutter to the floor unclaimed

After selling more than a million copies of his Book of Awesome series

without a memory