FREE AT LAST IN PARADISE is a historical novel on Sri Lanka. It is
the first part of A SRI LANKAN TRILOGY FROM FREEDOM TO PEACE and
deals with the period 1848 to 1948 when the country evolved into a
modern nation and regained independence. It is a gripping novel
tracing the path of the freedom movement, in then Ceylon from the
1848 rebellion to Independence in 1948. It features a Buddhist boy;
a young novice in a temple, later educated in missionary schools,
becomes a government functionary, a forest monk and still later an
erudite scholar, whose life parallels the freedom movement driven
mainly by the Buddhist revival led by Colonel Henry Steel Olcott
and his followers Anagarika Dharmapala and Sir Baron Jayatilake.
The hero was a strong nationalist, deeply involved in the movement
most of his adult life. Though a work of epic proportions, full of
information masterfully dissecting every aspect of social and
family life, with all its strains of caste and class, as well as
the political and cultural scene of Ceylon at the time, it is a
triumphant love story, that is by turns dramatic and powerful,
romantic and tender that makes you want to keep reading. Displaying
the author's dexterity, the most readable prose is appropriately
laced with exhilarating verse. This is an extraordinary novel that
exemplifies the best of historical fiction. Somehow he has managed
to make the story both educational and, dare I say it, fun "The
book will be read with pleasure," says David Vickery of Britain,
"by those who love Ceylon and introduce those who have no knowledge
of the country to a fascinating society." Leslie Gray M.D. of
Denver, Colorado, USA, in his review published in the Journal of
Theosophical History, says, "a magnum opus, a masterpiece from any
angle. Elegant style, eloquent language, relentless tempo, exciting
and almost galloping."
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