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Rudyard Kipling
Andrew Lycett
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Description for Rudyard Kipling
Paperback. This definitive biography unravels the intricate story of a misunderstood genius who became Britain's most famous author in his day, published with a brand new introduction on the 150th anniversary of Rudyard Kipling's birth. Num Pages: 912 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 66. Weight in Grams: 676.
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 Among the many new sources, Lycett has discovered previously unpublished letters that illuminate Kipling's crucial years in India, his first girlfriend (the model for Mrs Hauksbee of Plain Tales from the Hills), his parents'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 send him back to England to boarding school; and in his adult life his use of opium, his frustrating times in London and the brief peace he ... Read more
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 Among the many new sources, Lycett has discovered previously unpublished letters that illuminate Kipling's crucial years in India, his first girlfriend (the model for Mrs Hauksbee of Plain Tales from the Hills), his parents'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 send him back to England to boarding school; and in his adult life his use of opium, his frustrating times in London and the brief peace he ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
676g
Number of Pages
928
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781474602983
SKU
V9781474602983
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99-50
About 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.
Reviews for Rudyard Kipling
Richly detailed ... will still be read after the latest psychohistories and literary deconstructions have deconstructed one another to bits
Noel Malcolm
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
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
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Noel Malcolm
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
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
... Read more