Lyrics or poems of eminent poets and Lives of Great men hav always left indeliable marks or footprints on the sands of time. These have served as signposts, lightouses of beacon light to the mankind.
In the present work; the author has culled the protrayal of the sublime lives of six towering personalities of Modern Asia from sources of half dozen of the world's obscure languages and out of table talk and anecdotes of the road in every country of Asia. The book is full of remarkable and interesting facts. The authro says "Sat-Yat-sen began as a prophet of democratic political thought in China and ended as the organiser of a new oligarchy designed to lash a sluggish people into unyearned for reform. Yamagata and Into, determiners of modern Japan. Mustapha Kamal's efforts led to throwing off shackles of Western imperialism and made Turks self-confident, materialy powerful, and mentally alive as Europeans. |