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ISBN10: 1452021295
ISBN13: 9781452021294
Publisher: Authorhouse
Published: Jul 8 2010
Pages: 722
Weight: 2.30
Height: 1.59 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781452021294
Publisher: Authorhouse
Published: Jul 8 2010
Pages: 722
Weight: 2.30
Height: 1.59 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
FREE AT LAST IN PARADISE is a historical novel on Sri Lanka. It is the first part of A SRI LANKAN TRILOGY FROM FREEDOM TO PEACE and deals with the period 1848 to 1948 when the country evolved into a modern nation and regained independence. It is a gripping novel tracing the path of the freedom movement, in then Ceylon from the 1848 rebellion to Independence in 1948. It features a Buddhist boy; a young novice in a temple, later educated in missionary schools, becomes a government functionary, a forest monk and still later an erudite scholar, whose life parallels the freedom movement driven mainly by the Buddhist revival led by Colonel Henry Steel Olcott and his followers Anagarika Dharmapala and Sir Baron Jayatilake. The hero was a strong nationalist, deeply involved in the movement most of his adult life.
Though a work of epic proportions, full of information masterfully dissecting every aspect of social and family life, with all its strains of caste and class, as well as the political and cultural scene of Ceylon at the time, it is a triumphant love story, that is by turns dramatic and powerful, romantic and tender that makes you want to keep reading. Displaying the author's dexterity, the most readable prose is appropriately laced with exhilarating verse. This is an extraordinary novel that exemplifies the best of historical fiction. Somehow he has managed to make the story both educational and, dare I say it, fun! The book will be read with pleasure, says David Vickery of Britain, by those who love Ceylon and introduce those who have no knowledge of the country to a fascinating society. Leslie Gray M.D. of
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