War in the Mountains, 9781910500149
Hardcover
Brought together in book form for the first time, this is a collection of Rudyard Kipling’s articles describing the Italian war effort during the First World War. Published to coincide with the 150th anniversary of Rudyard Kipling’s birth.

War in the Mountains

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  • Hardcover

    80 pages

  • Release Date

    4 April 2015

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Summary

Kipling had been invited to Italy by the British Ambassador, Sir Rennell Rodd, who was concerned about the lack of understanding in England of the scale and cost of the Italian war effort. Rodds proposal was that distinguished writers from England and Italy should visit each others front lines and then write about their experiences in the national and allied press. Kiplings five articles were published in The Daily Telegraph and the New York Tribune. The articles include: The Roads of an Army…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781910500149
ISBN-10:1910500143
Author:Rudyard Kipling
Publisher:Unicorn Publishing Group
Imprint:Uniform Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:80
Edition:150th
Release Date:4 April 2015
Weight:182g
Dimensions:144mm x 187mm
About The Author

Rudyard Kipling

Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936) was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist. He was born in Bombay, India, and was taken by his family to England when he was five years old. He wrote tales and poems about the British in India and stories for children including The Jungle Book and the Just So Stories. Kipling’s son John died in the First World War, at the Battle of Loos in September 1915, at age 18.

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