This book is the first popular fiction ever written on the life of Buddha, the man. The author flew around the world in search of a book on the life of Buddha, and was amazed that no such book existed. She took the body of work she researched while traveling and turned it into this exciting and inspiring epic that tells the story of Siddhartha as a young man: a prince in need of defending his country while defying the principles of the times, married to a woman he loves -- and the story of the man who gradually changes as his inner path is defined. A path that ultimately brings him to an Enlightenment that will make him one of the brightest Lights the world has seen. This tale takes place in the 6th century B.C. -- a time when Nepal and India were both open to the influence of their neighbors, and vulnerable to their strategic expansion plans due to the beginning of the silk road. It is a story over 2,500 years old about a man who changed the world, and is successfully brought to modern times through the author's powerful imagination. The reader will discover a Siddhartha made of flesh and blood in this illuminative work of fiction that addresses those who ask the principle questions of life, who loved Herman Hesse's Siddhartha and enjoy fantastic historical fiction.
This book is the first popular fiction ever written on the life of Buddha, the man. The author flew around the world in search of a book on the life of Buddha, and was amazed that no such book existed. She took the body of work she researched while traveling and turned it into this exciting and inspiring epic that tells the story of Siddhartha as a young man: a prince in need of defending his country while defying the principles of the times, married to a woman he loves -- and the story of the man who gradually changes as his inner path is defined. A path that ultimately brings him to an Enlightenment that will make him one of the brightest Lights the world has seen. This tale takes place in the 6th century B.C. -- a time when Nepal and India were both open to the influence of their neighbors, and vulnerable to their strategic expansion plans due to the beginning of the silk road. It is a story over 2,500 years old about a man who changed the world, and is successfully brought to modern times through the author's powerful imagination. The reader will discover a Siddhartha made of flesh and blood in this illuminative work of fiction that addresses those who ask the principle questions of life, who loved Herman Hesse's Siddhartha and enjoy fantastic historical fiction.