This biography, illustrated with 70 photographs, and supported by background notes, a chronology, and quotes from Gandhi's writings, offers a moving account of the turning points and choices in Gandhi's life that made him both a great leader and an icon of the power of nonviolence.

Introduction Gandhi : Then and now -- The transformation -- The way of love -- Mother and child -- Gandhi the man -- Chronology, maps and notes -- Afterword : How nonviolence works / Timothy Flinders -- Further reading -- Acknowledgements -- Index.