Elephant Driver: A Tale of Adventure and Romance in Ancient India

Name: Elephant Driver: A Tale of Adventure and Romance in Ancient India
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Author: Gary Worthington
ISBN: 9781476256863

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Gary Worthington

Craig Place Books
Paru le : 21/07/2012

Jimuta, a poor farm boy in a remote part of ancient India's great Mauryan Empire, finds and returns the huge war elephant Rudra belonging to his local... > Lire la suite

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Jimuta, a poor farm boy in a remote part of ancient India's great Mauryan Empire, finds and returns the huge war elephant Rudra belonging to his local prince. Most unusually, he is invited to become Rudra's new driver. The elephant and boy form a close bond. They are sent on a long journey with Rudra as a gift for the legendary emperor Ashoka. Jimuta realizes he is being used by powerful men for mysterious purposes when, strangely, he is befriended by the wealthy merchant leading the caravan.
At the same time his life is threatened by the brutal warrior The Mugger ("The Crocodile"), who orders him to report on his talks with the trader. At the imperial capital, Jimuta is thrilled to be recruited by emperor Ashoka as a spy. But he finds he is unwittingly a key part of a plot to assassinate his new ruler. Jimuta falls in love with the beautiful and talented young secret agent Renuka. He is tested to the utmost when she is taken hostage by The Mugger and the other plotters who will almost certainly kill her.
With the help of his giant elephant companion Rudra, Jimuta finds he is capable of a serious attempt to rescue Renuka. And he and Rudra rush to Ashoka's aid when the emperor is surrounded by the enemy in battle

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Date de parution : 21/07/2012
Editeur : Craig Place Books
ISBN : 978-1-4762-5686-3
EAN : 9781476256863
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Biographie de Gary Worthington

Gary Worthington's books include the award winning epic historical novels India Treasures, also published by Penguin India as The Mangarh Chronicles; and the companion sequel India Fortunes. He was a monthly contributor to the Writing Historical Novels website at www. WritingHistoricalNovels.com . His articles have appeared in Traveler's India magazine and elsewhere. He and his wife Sandra have traveled widely on the Indian subcontinent and in many other countries of Asia, as well as in Europe.
They are involved long term in funding the operation of primary schools in remote areas of the Great Indian (Thar) Desert and in supporting a hospital there. In his legal career, he has been a lawyer in private practice, a legal counsel for the Washington State House of Representatives, and a JAG officer in the U. S. Navy. Most recently he helped plan and develop the unique new Cama Beach State Park on a historic waterfront resort site formerly operated by his wife Sandra's family on Camano Island, Washington.
His wide range of interests include personal spiritual growth, graphic arts, the night sky and the cosmos, and reading; and issues such as climate change, environmental preservation, and vegetarianism. He designed the home he and his wife live in, on a forested site near Olympia. They have developed a 39 acre nature preserve adjacent to their home. His most recent book is Cama Beach: A Guide and A History: How a Unique State Park was Created from a Family Fishing Resort and a Native American Camping Site).