The author has done a commendable job of bringing to the readers viewpoint that even Sambhaji Maharaj was a human being of flesh and blood. The writer of this book has written in such a way that you will feel that you are in that era and once you start reading it you will not feel to keep it down without completing it. Vishwas Patil truly is one of the greatest writers of our generation.
Your outlook will never be the same in life. A personal journey where you experience and grow with the story, see from the perspective of one of the great king and leader and mature philosophically. His life is filled with getting separated from those he loved, being stabbed in the back by those he trusted, the pain of letting his second wife and sister getting caught by Mughals because of him, his own people plotting his death, he being blamed for his father's death, last but not the least, his painful torturous death. His hardships, relations with different people in his life, decisions and their after effects have been portrayed in this novel. It portrays a truly humane picture of Sambhaji Maharaj, not just as a king and a conqueror but also as a man, whether in the trials in his family life or with his temper that led him to making decisions that he would later come to regret. This biographical novel paints a beautiful picture of Sambhaji from his birth, his journey through all his struggles, conquests, and failures until his death. I have learnt how Sambhaji Maharaj used to take decisions during critical circumstances, his political movements, team work and social life etc. It’s a soul-touching story of the courageous Sambhaji Maharaj. You can actually visualize the scene while reading this book. The book depicts the life of Sambhaji Raje, the elder son of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. Books were available in Marathi but not in English.
After reading Shivaji: The Great Maratha in 2018, I always wanted to read book on Sambhaji. I have learnt how Sambhaji Maharaj used t What a great book this was. Cinematic and ambitious in its scope, this is a keenly researched and splendidly executed period drama about one man’s struggle to preserve his father’s legacy and of the price extracted by the throne and the homeland.more And what could be better than the enemy’s own brother-in-law willing to hand him the rat on a platter.Ī moving portrait of an often misunderstood braveheart, Vishwas Patil’s Sambhaji is a massive bestseller that has sold over a 100,000 copies in Marathi. He must now fight Aurangzeb, who has spent twenty years trying to smoke out the ‘mountain rat’, and whose presence in the Deccan poses an increasingly grave threat to the Maratha empire. On 3 April 1680, Shivaji dies unexpectedly, and it is finally time for Sambhaji to rise to the challenge. Shivaji’s other queen, Soyrabai, is scheming to place her son Rajaram on the throne, and she has the support of several ministers whose misdemeanours Sambhaji is determined to expose. But there are dark forces at play in the palace. He is valorous, wise and has the makings of a capable statesman. As the eldest son, Sambhaji is the true heir to Shivaji. His mother died when he was barely two, and his father was always absent-chasing his own dream of ‘Swaraj’, fighting to keep the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb at bay. But there are dark forces at play Even as a child, Sambhaji has known he must stand alone. Even as a child, Sambhaji has known he must stand alone.
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