Adrian Cola Rienzi: The Life and Times of an Indo-Caribbean Progressive (Royards) by eminent historian Brinsley Samaroo offers a thoroughly researched account of a key figure in Trinidad and Tobago’s political development. Born in 1905, Krishna Deonarine — who renamed himself when he left Trinidad to study law in Ireland — was at different stages of his career an anti-imperial activist, trade union leader, mayor of San Fernando, and member of T&T’s pre-Independence Legislative Council. Dedicated to advancing the rights of working people and Indo-Trinidadians, Rienzi’s achievements included the recognition of Hindu and Muslim marriages, the right to cremation, and the establishment of non-Christian religious schools.