Rudyard Kipling
$63.22
- Paperback
928 pages
- Release Date
23 February 2016
Summary
Paragon of English virtues or racist imperialist? Andrew Lycett (acclaimed biographer of Ian Fleming) has returned to primary sources to tell the intricate story of a misunderstood genius who became Britain’s most famous and highest earning author. Among the many new sources, Lycett has discovered previously unpublished letters that illuminate Kipling’s crucial years in India, his first girlfriend (the model for Mrs Hauksbee of Plain Tales from the Hills), his parents’ decision to se…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781474602983 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1474602983 |
| Author: | Andrew Lycett |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 928 |
| Release Date: | 23 February 2016 |
| Weight: | 733g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 132mm x 58mm |
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Critics Review
Well researched and finely written … Anyone who wants to learn about this curious figure in our culture could do no better than to start here– Simon Heffer , COUNTRY LIFE
Conducts us through [Kipling’s] life and times with authority, dispassion and clarity. This is an excellent biography, with everything in its place - LITERARY REVIEW
Well researched and finely written … Anyone who wants to learn about this curious figure in our culture could do no better than to start here - COUNTRY LIFERichly detailed … will still be read after the latest psychohistories and literary deconstructions have deconstructed one another to bits - SUNDAY TELEGRAPHAbout The Author
Andrew Lycett
Andrew Lycett was educated at Charterhouse and Christ Church, Oxford (where he read modern history). As a foreign reporter he specialised in Africa and the Middle East. A full-time author since the early 1990s, he has written a number of highly acclaimed biographies and lives in north London.
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