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Patrick French

The historian defends his book Liberty or Death against all the negative publicity

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Patrick French
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Weren't you re-inventing the wheel with revisionist history on Gandhi and Jinnah?
What's distinctive about your book?
You seem to dispense with "objective history".
Do you think it's fair to concentrate on Gandhi's so-called eccentricities?
How'd you react to Indian historians who've called Liberty... sensationalist?
What do you think of Indian history writing?
There was also the feeling that because your book was "packaged" in England, it got so much publicity.
Why did you choose to write this book?
Were you surprised?
What's your next venture?
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