Westerners may be more familiar with Gandhi, but it's a shame. Subhas Chandra Bose was as great a man, and more people should learn about him. This is just the book for that. It's is novelization of the man's life, and allows you to imagine yourself living at the time Bose began his quest for Indian independence. Much easier to absorb than a history book, you can learn about Bose's campaign against the British. Had it been successful, Indian independence would have occurred before the end of WWII. It's fascinating to realize what he scarified, and what could have been. ( )