Description: Describes Udham Singh's journey to fulfill his vow of revenge against the men responsible for the 1919 British massacre in India.
Brief description: Anita Anand is an award-winning broadcast journalist and currently hosts BBC Radio 4's Any Answers? Her writing has appeared in The Guardian, India Today, and The Asian Age. In addition to The Patient Assassin, she is the author of Sophia: Princess, Suffragette, Revolutionary and coauthor of Koh-i-Noor: The History of the World's Most Infamous Diamond.
Review Quotes: "A gripping, multifaceted tale of India in the twilight years of the British Empire, about Udham Singh, who bided his time for twenty years until he could exact revenge for the 1919 British massacre of Indians in a public garden...Anand diligently follows the circuitous trail of Singh's life, piecing together his various aliases, addresses, jobs, and international travels...This vivid and meticulously researched account will have readers riveted."
--Publishers Weekly