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‘We are warriors, Painda. The Khalsa does not think of war as entertainment; death is not a joke, killing men is no festival,’ said Gobind.
A boy grows up, suddenly, into adulthood when he is brought the severed head of his father. He is born to rule but never acts like a monarch. Invincible as a warrior, he has the soul of a mystic. Poetry fills his heart. Few men before or after him have used a bow as he does, few men mastered their sword like him. Guru Gobind Singh turned villagers into warriors, sent shivers up the spine of the army of Aurangzeb and set the foundation stone of the great Sikh empire. The Sacred Sword is a historical fiction based on his life and legend.
Imprint: Penguin India
Published: Jul/2017
ISBN: 9780143440192
Length : 256 Pages
MRP : ₹399.00
Imprint: Penguin Audio
Published:
ISBN:
Imprint: Penguin India
Published: Jul/2017
ISBN:
Length : 256 Pages
MRP : ₹399.00
‘We are warriors, Painda. The Khalsa does not think of war as entertainment; death is not a joke, killing men is no festival,’ said Gobind.
A boy grows up, suddenly, into adulthood when he is brought the severed head of his father. He is born to rule but never acts like a monarch. Invincible as a warrior, he has the soul of a mystic. Poetry fills his heart. Few men before or after him have used a bow as he does, few men mastered their sword like him. Guru Gobind Singh turned villagers into warriors, sent shivers up the spine of the army of Aurangzeb and set the foundation stone of the great Sikh empire. The Sacred Sword is a historical fiction based on his life and legend.
Hindol Sengupta is a multiple award-winning historian and author of twelve books including the prequel to Sing, Dance and Lead, the national bestseller Sing, Dance and Pray. His Being Hindu is the only book on Hinduism to ever win the Wilbur Award given by the Religion Communicators Council of America. He is professor of international relations at the O. P. Jindal Global University. He has also won the Valley of Words Award, the Kalinga Literature Festival Prize, the PSF prize, and the SKOCH award for his writing. He has been shortlisted for the Hayek Prize given by the Manhattan Institute in memory of the Nobel laureate F. A. Hayek. This is his thirteenth book.
"The Game of Thrones seems like a petulant skirmish once you start to unravel Sikh history. He is a hero's hero, an ascetic warrior, a monk king."