This book Malabar and the Mysore written many years later than Malabar and the Portuguese and Malabar and the Dutch is his masterpiece. Besides adventures of Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan it waves the History of Kerala around the Portaugese, Dutch and Mysorean relations, The author also explains how Kerala during this period was one of the centers of all India culture. Last but not the least maps and an exhaustive appendix on the Strategic problems of the Indian Ocean make the book a rare asset for Historians, defense studies and policy makers.