A king conspires to dynamite an entire dynasty of his relatives during a movie show in his garden. A worldly patriarch leaves repeated warnings for his sons who promptly forget them, leading to their downfall as a dynasty. A student rises from crushing poverty to challenge a tyrant and a king, and changes forever the fortunes of his fellow citizens. Minor characters unstitch themselves from the busy tapestry of history to take center stage and write the destiny of millions, while a few bewildered men feel the weight of their inherited crowns dissipate to the ravages of a changing world. Khagendra Bahadur K.C. weaves together a gripping tale from an impossibly privileged vantage, sometimes present in the room where unprecedented transference of political power was taking place. Equally entertaining and informative, Kranti and the Coup brings to life a part of Nepali near history hitherto unfamiliar to most valets.