As someone who has read a lot of books and literature on Shivaji, I'm amazed how inacurrate some of the information is in this book. Several of the author's comments are pure hear-say or word-of-the mouth with little historical evidence.As I started reading the book, I very much appreciated the author's effort to present a different perspective how things may have been back in Shivaji's era but by the time I finished reading the book, I was very disappointed with the way data has been put forth.I would not recommend this book to any of my friends or family.