Author: H Ratnakar Rau
Publisher: Orient Longman/Disha
Year: 1996
Language: English
Pages: 301
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8125008012
Description
When Dom Pedro found the orphaned Govind in a cave near the Banastarim Gate, he promised the baby's dying nurse to raise the child as a Hindu. But in 1651 Dom Pedro was a captain in the army of the Portuguese kind, in Goa whose citizens were destined for baptism as Christians .. And the penalty for disobedience was death.
Govind is the story of the orphan's journey from childhood to young manhood, steered by his guardian through the tricky waters of family jealousy and religious opposition, learning to be a good Portuguese soldier, while discovering his heritage as a Hindu.
And the story continues ..... in the next companion volume Govind: Shivaji's Warrior.
In a colony at war with the armies of both Shivaji and the Adilshahi rulers, Govind works out his destiny against the backdrop of a fierce, colorful and warlike age.