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Book Kipling and Afghanistan

Download or read book Kipling and Afghanistan written by Neil K. Moran and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2005-09-27 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alive with adventure, rich with exotic detail, the voice of Rudyard Kipling carried readers to faraway locations and brought new, exciting scenes to their doorsteps. Born and raised in India, Kipling became the voice of the eastern British Empire, and his writing extensively covered Central Asia. Early in his career, Kipling drew inspiration not from travels of his own, but from working with far-flung correspondents at the Civil and Military Gazette in Lahore, Pakistan, where he served as assistant editor. One of his chief correspondents was Dr. Charles Owen, a close friend of his father's who served a tour of duty with the Afghan Boundary Commission between 1884 and 1886 addressing the border dispute between Great Britain and Russia. This historical biography provides a new perspective on Kipling's days as an employee of the Civil and Military Gazette. Information garnered from newly uncovered letters and diaries of Dr. Owen (acquired by the National Army Museum in 1998) gives personal insight into Kipling's life as well as firsthand perceptions of the Boundary Commission's work. In addition, appendices provide a wealth of information regarding articles by Kipling, articles attributed to Kipling or his supervisor Wheeler, Kipling's translations of Russian dispatches, and Boundary Commission reports.

Book The Man who Would be King

Download or read book The Man who Would be King written by Rudyard Kipling and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Tiger  Tiger   The First Jungle Book

Download or read book Tiger Tiger The First Jungle Book written by Rudyard Kipling and published by Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing. This book was released on 2021-01-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tiger! Tiger! - Shere Khan hunt Mowgli. Mowgli returns to the human village and is adopted by Messua and her husband, who believe him to be their long-lost son. Mowgli leads the village boys who herd the village's buffaloes. Shere Khan comes to hunt Mowgli, but he is warned by Gray Brother wolf, and with Akela they find Shere Khan asleep, and stampede the buffaloes to trample Shere Khan to death. Mowgli leaves the village, and goes back to hunt with the wolves until he becomes a man. The Jungle Book (1894) is a collection of stories by English author Rudyard Kipling. The stories were first published in magazines in 1893–94. The original publications contain illustrations, some by Rudyard's father, John Lockwood Kipling. Kipling was born in India and spent the first six years of his childhood there. After about ten years in England, he went back to India and worked there for about six-and-a-half years. These stories were written when Kipling lived in Vermont. Famous stories of The Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling: Mowgli's Brothers, Kaa's Hunting, Tiger! Tiger!, The White Seal, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, Toomai of the Elephants, Her Majesty’s Servants.

Book The Man Who Would be King

Download or read book The Man Who Would be King written by Rudyard Kipling and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-27 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Fiction about Action & Adventure (Short Stories)The Man Who Would be King (1888) is a short story by Rudyard Kipling chronicling the adventures of two British men who become kings in Kafiristan (now a province of Afghanistan).

Book The Man Who Would be King   Rudyard Kipling

Download or read book The Man Who Would be King Rudyard Kipling written by Rudyard Kipling and published by Phoemixx Classics Ebooks. This book was released on 2021-06-15 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Man Who Would Be King" (1888) is a story by Rudyard Kipling about two British adventurers in British India who become kings of Kafiristan, a remote part of Afghanistan. The story was first published in The Phantom Rickshaw and other Eerie Tales (1888).It also appeared in Wee Willie Winkie and Other Child Stories (1895), and numerous later editions of that collection. It has been adapted for other media a number of times.

Book The Man who Would be King

Download or read book The Man who Would be King written by Rudyard Kipling and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Jungle Book

    Book Details:
  • Author : Rudyard Kipling
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1920
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 334 pages

Download or read book The Jungle Book written by Rudyard Kipling and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Man Who Would Be King

    Book Details:
  • Author : Rudyard Rudyard Kipling
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2017-10-23
  • ISBN : 9781975697846
  • Pages : 50 pages

Download or read book The Man Who Would Be King written by Rudyard Rudyard Kipling and published by . This book was released on 2017-10-23 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why buy our paperbacks? Expedited shipping High Quality Paper Made in USA Standard Font size of 10 for all books 30 Days Money Back Guarantee BEWARE of Low-quality sellers Don't buy cheap paperbacks just to save a few dollars. Most of them use low-quality papers & binding. Their pages fall off easily. Some of them even use very small font size of 6 or less to increase their profit margin. It makes their books completely unreadable. How is this book unique? Unabridged (100% Original content) Font adjustments & biography included Illustrated The Man Who Would Be King by Rudyard Kipling "The Man Who Would Be King" (1888) is a novella by Rudyard Kipling. It is about two British adventurers in British India who become kings of Kafiristan, a remote part of Afghanistan. The story was inspired by the exploits of James Brooke, an Englishman who became the first White Rajah of Sarawak in Borneo; and by the travels of American adventurer Josiah Harlan, who was granted the title Prince of Ghor in perpetuity for himself and his descendants. It incorporates a number of other factual elements such as locating the story in eastern Afghanistan's Kafiristan and the European-like appearance of many of Kafiristan's Nuristani people, and an ending modelled on the return of the head of the explorer Adolf Schlagintweit to colonial administrators.

Book War Stories and Poems

    Book Details:
  • Author : Rudyard Kipling
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
  • Release : 1999
  • ISBN : 9780192836861
  • Pages : 420 pages

Download or read book War Stories and Poems written by Rudyard Kipling and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1999 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique anthology of Kipling's war stories and poems provides critical comment on the ineptitude of the British in the Boer War. Including such stories as "Barrack-Room Ballads," this work provides tales of courage and adventure, as well as shameful episodes of retreat and failure.

Book The Dark Defile

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  • Author : Diana Preston
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
  • Release : 2012-02-14
  • ISBN : 0802779824
  • Pages : 320 pages

Download or read book The Dark Defile written by Diana Preston and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2012-02-14 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the mid-19th-century war in Afghanistan documents how the British government sought to protect regional interests by attempting to install a puppet ruler only to be defeated by united Afghanistan tribes, in a volume that profiles key contributors and discusses how the war set the stage for subsequent hostilities.

Book The Man Who Would be King Illustrated

Download or read book The Man Who Would be King Illustrated written by Joseph Rudyard Kipling and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Man Who Would Be King" (1888) is a story by Rudyard Kipling about two British adventurers in British India who become kings of Kafiristan, a remote part of Afghanistan. The story was first published in The Phantom Rickshaw and other Eerie Tales (1888).

Book Ballads and Barrack room Ballads

Download or read book Ballads and Barrack room Ballads written by Rudyard Kipling and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Man Who Would Be King  Selected Stories of Rudyard Kipling

Download or read book The Man Who Would Be King Selected Stories of Rudyard Kipling written by Rudyard Kipling and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2011-03-03 with total page 963 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rudyard Kipling is one of the most magical storytellers in the English language. This new selection brings together the best of his short writings, following the development of his work over fifty years. They take us from the harsh, cruel, vividly realized world of the 'Indian' stories that made his name, through the experimental modernism of his middle period to the highly-wrought subtleties of his later pieces. Including the tale of insanity and empire, 'The Man Who Would Be King', the high-spirited 'The Village that Voted the Earth Was Flat', the fable of childhood cruelty and revenge 'Baa Baa, Black Sheep', the menacing psychological study 'Mary Postgate' and the ambiguous portrayal of grief and mourning in 'The Gardener', here are stories of criminals, ghosts, femmes fatales, madness and murder.

Book Rudyard Kipling   the Man Who Would Be King

Download or read book Rudyard Kipling the Man Who Would Be King written by Rudyard Kipling and published by . This book was released on 2016-11-10 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Man Who Would be King (1888) is a short story by Rudyard Kipling chronicling the adventures of two British men who become kings in Kafiristan (now a province of Afghanistan).

Book Songs from Books

    Book Details:
  • Author : Rudyard Kipling
  • Publisher : London : Macmillan
  • Release : 1913
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 336 pages

Download or read book Songs from Books written by Rudyard Kipling and published by London : Macmillan. This book was released on 1913 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Man Who Would be King Illustrated

Download or read book The Man Who Would be King Illustrated written by Rudyard Kipling and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-04-03 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Man Who Would Be King" (1888) is a story by Rudyard Kipling about two British adventurers in British India who become kings of Kafiristan, a remote part of Afghanistan. The story was first published in The Phantom Rickshaw and other Eerie Tales (1888).It also appeared in Wee Willie Winkie and Other Child Stories (1895), and numerous later editions of that collection. It has been adapted for other media a number of times.

Book Tournament of Shadows

    Book Details:
  • Author : Karl E. Meyer
  • Publisher : Basic Books
  • Release : 2009-03-17
  • ISBN : 078673678X
  • Pages : 706 pages

Download or read book Tournament of Shadows written by Karl E. Meyer and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2009-03-17 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the romantic conflicts of the Victorian Great Game to the war-torn history of the region in recent decades, Tournament of Shadows traces the struggle for control of Central Asia and Tibet from the 1830s to the present. The original Great Game, the clandestine struggle between Russia and Britain for mastery of Central Asia, has long been regarded as one of the greatest geopolitical conflicts in history. Many believed that control of the vast Eurasian heartland was the key to world dominion. The original Great Game ended with the Russian Revolution, but the geopolitical struggles in Central Asia continue to the present day. In this updated edition, the authors reflect on Central Asia's history since the end of the Russo-Afghan war, and particularly in the wake of 9/11.