In this fascinating and meticulously researched book,
bestselling historian Arthur Herman sheds new light on two of the
most universally recognizable icons of the twentieth century, and
reveals how their forty-year rivalry sealed the fate of India and
the British Empire.
They were born worlds apart: Winston Churchill to Britain’s most
glamorous aristocratic family, Mohandas Gandhi to a pious
middle-class household in a provincial town in India. Yet Arthur
Herman reveals how their lives and careers became intertwined as
the twentieth century unfolded. Both men would go on to lead their
nations through harrowing trials and two world wars—and become
locked in a fierce contest of wills that would decide the fates of
countries, continents, and ultimately an empire. Here is a sweeping
epic with a fascinating supporting cast, and a brilliant narrative
parable of two men whose great successes were always haunted by
personal failure—and whose final moments of triumph were
overshadowed by the loss of what they held most dear.
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