The Peacock Throne
Publisher: Sceptre
Published: 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 768
ISBN-13: 9780340899694
Description: October 31, 1984 begins like any other day for Gopal Pandey as he sets up his tea stall in a lane of Chandni Chowk. By the end of the day, Indira Gandhi has been assassinated, violent riots have erupted and Gopal is the possessor of a large sum of money. Fourteen years later this illiterate man is standing on the verge of great political power.