Kipling Sahib
India and the Making of Rudyard Kipling 1865-1900
$43.06
- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
31 October 2008
Summary
Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay in 1865 and spent his early years there, before being sent, aged six, to England, a desperately unhappy experience. Charles Allen’s great-grandfather brought the sixteen-year-old Kipling out to Lahore to work on The Civil and Military Gazette with the words ‘Kipling will do’, and thus set young Rudyard on his literary course. And so it was that at the start of the cold weather of 1882 he stepped ashore at Bombay on 18 October 1882 - ‘a prince entering his ki…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349116853 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0349116857 |
| Author: | Charles Allen |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 31 October 2008 |
| Weight: | 320g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 131mm x 31mm |
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Critics Review
Those who relish Allen s India books will not be disappointed … Rich in instruction for the current administration in, say, Basra - and better still, it s vintage Charles Allen - John Keay, LITERARY REVIEW
No biographer has done him better justice - Clarence Valley Examiner The strength of Kipling Sahib: India and the Making of Rudyard Kipling comes from Charles Allen’s deep knowledge of British Indian society, which he demonstrated in his previous book, Plain Tales from the Raj, and his ability to describe Kipling’s place in it. - The AgeKipling Sahib is a revealing study of a much maligned and fascinating man who was much more than a mere propagandist for the Empire. - Sydney Morning Herald‘Allen tells his complex story with concision, insight and wide-ranging vision’ - SUNDAY TIMESCompelling - TIMES A fascinating new book’ - SPECTATOR‘Allen marshals his formidable knowledge of British India to considerable effect … A valuable guide - SCOTSMANAbout The Author
Charles Allen
Charles Allen is the author of a number of bestselling books about India and the colonial experience elsewhere. A traveller, historian and master storyteller he is one of the great chroniclers of India.
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