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History was his forte but he was a writer and artist first and as such artistic integrity coupled with depth of historical sense make the works interesting and authentic. Born on July 12, 1913 near Belgaum, Manohar Malgonkar was the grandson of the Prime Minister of a former princely state of Dewas. The Malgonkars were close to the rulers of Dewas and young Manohar got an opportunity to experience life in the royal households closely which is reflected in The Princes and The Devil’s Winds. Often acclaimed as a master story-teller for his narrative skill, Malgonkar has the uncanny knack of transmuting his felt experience into an artistic piece. The corpus of his work is rich with eleven novels that have a blend of history, romance and military life, two light romances/thrillers, a detective novel, a play, innumerable essays/ articles, two historical accounts, a travelogue and a large number of short stories collected in several anthologies. Indeed, his works areas varied and colourful as was his life–a stint in the army, a time spent as a big game hunter, a miner, a tea garden manager and an adventurer.  \nUsha Bande, till recently Fellow, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla and also Visiting Professor at Vishwa Bharati University, Shanti Niketan (WB), was on the faculty of English Literature in Govt. College for Women, Shimla. She retired as Principal Govt. College, Arki after a long and distinguished teaching career. She has numerous research papers and more than a dozen books to her credit. Her latest publication is Adventure Stories of Great Writers published by Kitaab, Singapore. Her other major publications are Forts and Palaces of Himachal Pradesh which is a coffee table book and alsoWriting Resistance published by IIAS, Shimla.  \n` 50  \nSahitya Akademi  \nManohar Malgonkar  \nThe sculpture reproduced on the endpaper depicts a scene where three soothsayers are interpreting to King Suddhodhana the dream of Queen Maya, mother of Lord Buddha. Below them is seated a scribe recording the interpretation. This is perhaps the earliest available pictorial record ofthe art of writing in India.  \nFrom: Nagarjunakonda, 2nd century A.D.  \nCourtesy: National Museum, New Delhi  \nMAKERS OF INDIAN LITERATURE  \nManohar Malgonkar  \nBy  \nUsha Bande  \nSAHITYA AKADEMI  \nManohar Malgonkar: A monograph on eminent English writer Manohar Malgonkar by Usha Bande (Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi, 2016) .  \nSahitya Akademi  \nHead Office  \nRabindra Bhavan, 35, Ferozeshah Road, New Delhi 110 001 Website: [http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in](http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in)  \nSales Office  \n‘Swati’, Mandir Marg, New Delhi 110 001 [E-mail: ds.sales@sahitya-akademi.gov.in](E-mail: ds.sales@sahitya-akademi.gov.in)  \nRegional Offices  \n172, Mumbai Marathi Grantha Sangrahalaya Marg, Dadar Mumbai 400 014  \nCentral College Campus, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Veedhi Bengaluru 560 001  \n4, D.L. Khan Road, Kolkata 700 025  \nChennai Office  \nMain Guna Building Complex (second floor), 443,(304) Anna Salai, Teynampet, Chennai 600 018  \n© Sahitya Akademi 2016  \nISBN: 978-81-260-5100-7  \nRs. 50  \nPrinted by Sita Fine Arts Pvt. Ltd., A-16, Naraina Industrial Area Phase-II, New Delhi 110028  \nContents  \nPreface vii  \n1. Life and Works 1  \n2. The Martial Code: Distant Drum and  \nCactus Country 17  \n3. Of Kings and Warriors: The Princes and  \nThe Devil’s Wind 36  \n4. Violence/Non-Violence:  \nA Bend in the Ganges and Combat of Shadows 61  \n5. Simple and Comic: Short Stories 84  \n6. Miscellany: Histories, Thrillers and  \nEntertainers 99  \n7. Achievements 122  \nSelect Bibliography 128  \nChronology 131  \nPreface  \nTo write on Manohar Malgonkar was for long on my agenda but somehow I could not take it up for one reason or the other. 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