
The Patient Assassin
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'Reads like something from a thriller…colourful, detailed and meticulously researched' Sunday Times
'Gripping from start to finish' Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads
Hundreds of peaceful civilians were slaughtered in the Amritsar Massacre of 13 April 1919, after British troops opened fire without warning. According to legend, Udham Singh was among the injured that day, and he vowed to take revenge. More than twenty years later, in a Westminster hall, he fulfilled that promise when he gunned down in cold blood the man ultimately responsible, Sir Michael O'Dwyer.
But what happened in the intervening years? In this sweeping narrative that takes the reader across four continents, Anita Anand separates reality from myth to reveal Singh's astonishing story. She brilliantly pieces together his movements, discovering surprising new links that take us from Jazz Age New York to the shady world of international spy rings. The Patient Assassin shines a devastating light on one of the Raj's most horrific events, but reads like a taut thriller.
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- Cover
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Preface
- Part One
- Chapter 1: The Drop
- Chapter 2: The Good Son
- Chapter 3: Birth of the Upheaval
- Chapter 4: Rises and Falls
- Chapter 5: Name, Rank and Serial Failure
- Chapter 6: Black Acts, Red Lines
- Chapter 7: Elephants and Twigs
- Chapter 8: Rex
- Chapter 9: No Warning, No Way Out
- The Legend of Udham Singh
- Part Two
- Chapter 10: I Repent, I Repent, I Repent
- Chapter 11: Traumas and Truths
- Chapter 12: The Untouchables
- Chapter 13: London Limbo
- Chapter 14: American Dreamers
- Chapter 15: Patriots
- Chapter 16: The Suffering of Simple Boys
- Chapter 17: Losing God
- Chapter 18: Curious Case
- Chapter 19: Shadows
- Chapter 20: Reckonings
- Chapter 21: Mohammed Singh Azad
- Chapter 22: Name in Vain
- Chapter 23: Trial and Tribulation
- Chapter 24: Letters, Books, Cars and Codes
- Chapter 25: The Return
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Endnotes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Copyright
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