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Even as a child, Sambhaji has known he must stand alone. His mother died when he wasbarely two, and his father was always absentchasing his own dream of Swaraj, fighting tokeep the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb at bay. As the eldest son, Sambhaji is the true heir toShivaji. He is valorous, wise and has the makings of a capable statesman. But there are darkforces at play in the palace. Shivajis other queen, Soyrabai, is scheming to place her sonRajaram on the throne, and she has the support of several ministers whose misdemeanoursSambhaji is determined to expose. On 3 April 1680, Shivaji dies unexpectedly, and it isfinally time for Sambhaji to rise to the challenge. He must now fight Aurangzeb, who hasspent twenty years trying to smoke out the mountain rat, and whose presence in the Deccanposes an increasingly grave threat to the Maratha empire. And what could be better than theenemys own brother in law willing to hand him the rat on a platter. A moving portrait of an often misunderstood braveheart, Vishwas Patils Sambhaji is amassive bestseller that has sold over a 100,000 copies in Marathi. Cinematic and ambitiousin its scope, this is a keenly researched and splendidly executed period drama about onemans struggle to preserve his fathers legacy and of the price extracted by the throne and thehomeland.