The year is 1834. The place is Kodagu. The event is an invasion. An invasion by British East India Company whose soldiers are making inroads into the little principality from four directions.

The book begins with the reign of the last Raja of Kodagu (which came to be known as Coorg). His self-preserving autocratic deeds lead up to circumstances which bring him into conflict with the Company who are on their rise in South Asia. A fierce but short-lived war ensues between the Company and Coorg. The author takes you on a journey through the pages of the history of Coorg. The modernising times under the British as well as the participation of the people in the Freedom struggle, is also described thereafter. India gains its freedom. Coorg merges with the larger Mysore province. The narration goes on, right until the present-day existence of the Kodagu district within Karnataka...